Administrative billing codes accurately identified occurrence of electrical cardioversion and ablation/maze procedures in a prospective cohort study of atrial fibrillation patients

ConclusionsAdministrative billing data accurately identified electrical cardioversion and ablation/maze procedures and can be used instead of medical record review. Our findings apply to healthcare settings with available administrative billing databases.

Source: Clinical Cardiology - October 1, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Alexa N. Ehlert, Susan R. Heckbert, Kerri L. Wiggins, Evan L. Thacker Tags: CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONS Source Type: research