Measurement of adverse events using "incidence flagged" diagnosis codes.

Terri Jackson; Stephen Duckett; Jennie Shepheard; Kathryn Baxter

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Measurement of adverse events using "incidence flagged" diagnosis codes.

February 8, 2006

Jackson T, Duckett S, Shepheard J, et al. J Health Serv Res Policy. 2006;11(1):21-6.

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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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