Improving an Administrative Case Definition for Longitudinal Surveillance of Sickle Cell Disease.

CONCLUSIONS: This study supports an administrative case definition that specifies ≥3 ICD-9-CM-coded encounters to identify SCD with a high degree of accuracy in pediatric patients. This case definition can be used to help establish longitudinal SCD surveillance systems. PMID: 30970223 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Public Health Reports - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Public Health Rep Source Type: research