Martha-Conley Ingram, Andrew Hu, Ruth Lewit, Seyed Arshia Arshad, Amanda Witte, Olivia A Keane, Goeto Dantes, Steven C Mehl, Parker T Evans, Matthew T Santore, Eunice Y Huang, Monica E Lopez, Kuojen Tsao, Kyle Van Arendonk, Martin L Blakely, Mehul V Raval
INTRODUCTION: Reliance on International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) diagnosis codes may misclassify perforated appendicitis with resultant research, fiscal, and public health implications. We aimed to improve the accuracy of administrative data for perforated appendicitis classification relying on ICD-10-CM codes from 2015 to 2018. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective study of randomly sampled patients aged ≤18 years diagnosed with acute appendicitis from eight children's hospitals...
May 14, 2024: Journal of Surgical Research