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Validation of an International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision Code algorithm for identifying Chiari Malformation type 1 surgery in adults.
The purpose of this study was to validate 2 ICD-9-CM code algorithms identifying patients undergoing CM-1 decompression surgery. It concluded that the ICD-9-CM code Algorithm 2 has excellent positive predictive value and good sensitivity to identify adult CM-1 decompression surgery.
AHRQ-funded; HS019455.
Citation: Greenberg JK, Ladner TR, Olsen MA .
Validation of an International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision Code algorithm for identifying Chiari Malformation type 1 surgery in adults.
Neurosurgery 2015 Aug;77(2):269-73. doi: 10.1227/neu.0000000000000778..
Keywords: Data, Diagnostic Safety and Quality, Surgery