Validation of the Diagnostic Code for Cutaneous Sarcoidosis in an Electronic Health Database: a Cross-sectional Analysis.

Cutaneous sarcoidosis is an uncommon disorder that occurs in approximately 25% of sarcoidosis patients and is characterized by an array of cutaneous manifestations.(Randhawa et al., 2022) Research on cutaneous sarcoidosis faces challenges due to its rarity. Developing a reliable method to accurately identify cases within large electronic health databases is crucial for advancing research on this condition. Diagnosis codes can be utilized to identify cases in these large databases, but this method is at risk for providing incomplete data and introducing misclassification bias.
Source: Journal of Investigative Dermatology - Category: Dermatology Authors: Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: research