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Measurement of adverse events using "incidence flagged" diagnosis codes.
Jackson T, Duckett S, Shepheard J, Baxter K. J Health Serv Res Policy. 2006;11:21-26.

The authors analyzed Australian hospital administrative data and found that ICD-10 codes alone are less accurate in identifying adverse events than in combination with "incidence flags."
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