Pediatric Clinical Classification System for use in Canadian inpatient settings.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A classification system that categorizes International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) diagnosis codes into clinically meaningful categories is important for pediatric clinical and health services research using administrative data. While a Pediatric Clinical Classification System (PECCS) is available for the United States ICD-10 system (i.e, ICD-10-CM), differences in the ICD-10 system between countries limits PECCS use in Canada.

Objective

To translate PECCS from ICD-10-CM to ICD-10-CA for use in Canada (PECCS-CA), and examine the utility of PECCS-CA in administrative data of pediatric hospital encounters in Ontario, Canada.

Methods

PECCS was translated by mapping each ICD-10-CA code to its corre

SUBMITTER: Gill PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9409563 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature