Administrative codes inaccurately identify recurrent venous thromboembolism: The CVRN VTE study

Studies using administrative data commonly rely on diagnosis codes to identify venous thromboembolism (VTE) events. Our objective was to assess the validity of using International Classification of Disease, 9th Revision (ICD-9) codes in identifying recurrent VTE.

Source: Thrombosis Research - March 3, 2020 Category: Hematology Authors: Christine Baumgartner, Alan S. Go, Dongjie Fan, Sue Hee Sung, Daniel M. Witt, John R. Schmelzer, Marc S. Williams, Steven H. Yale, Jeffrey J. VanWormer, Margaret C. Fang Tags: Full Length Article Source Type: research