Validation of the ICD-9 Diagnostic Code for Palliative Care in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure Within the Veterans Health Administration.

CONCLUSION: The ICD-9 code V66.7 identifies specialist palliative care for hospitalized patients with HF in the VHA. Replication of findings in other data sources and populations is needed.
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Source: The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care - January 1, 2017 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Feder SL, Redeker NS, Jeon S, Schulman-Green D, Womack JA, Tate JP, Bedimo RJ, Budoff MJ, Butt AA, Crothers K, Akgün KM Tags: Am J Hosp Palliat Care Source Type: research