Coding Algorithms for Defining Comorbidities in ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 Administrative Data

Quan, Hude; Sundararajan, Vijaya; Halfon, Patricia; Fong, Andrew; Burnand, Bernard; Luthi, Jean‐Christophe; Duncan Saunders, L.; A Beck, Cynthia; E. Feasby, Thomas; A. Ghali, William

doi:10.1097/01.mlr.0000182534.19832.83

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Coding Algorithms for Defining Comorbidities in ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 Administrative Data

Published in Medical Care • Oct 13, 2005

Authors:

Hude Quan

Vijaya Sundararajan

Patricia Halfon

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Implementation of the International Statistical Classification of Disease and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision (ICD-10) coding system presents challenges for using administrative data. Recognizing this, we conducted a multistep process to develop ICD-10 coding algorithms to define ...

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ICD-10

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Medicine

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