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How Well Do ICD-9-CM Codes Predict True Congenital Heart Defects? A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Based Multisite Validation Project.

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Rodriguez, FH; Raskind-Hood, CL; Hoffman, T; Farr, SL; Glidewell, J; Li, JS; D'Ottavio, A; Botto, L; Reeder, MR; Hsu, D; Lui, GK; Sullivan, AM ...
Published in: J Am Heart Assoc
August 2, 2022

Background The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Surveillance of Congenital Heart Defects Across the Lifespan project uses large clinical and administrative databases at sites throughout the United States to understand population-based congenital heart defect (CHD) epidemiology and outcomes. These individual databases are also relied upon for accurate coding of CHD to estimate population prevalence. Methods and Results This validation project assessed a sample of 774 cases from 4 surveillance sites to determine the positive predictive value (PPV) for identifying a true CHD case and classifying CHD anatomic group accurately based on 57 International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) codes. Chi-square tests assessed differences in PPV by CHD severity and age. Overall, PPV was 76.36% (591/774 [95% CI, 73.20-79.31]) for all sites and all CHD-related ICD-9-CM codes. Of patients with a code for complex CHD, 89.85% (177/197 [95% CI, 84.76-93.69]) had CHD; corresponding PPV estimates were 86.73% (170/196 [95% CI, 81.17-91.15]) for shunt, 82.99% (161/194 [95% CI, 76.95-87.99]) for valve, and 44.39% (83/187 [95% CI, 84.76-93.69]) for "Other" CHD anatomic group (X2=142.16, P<0.0001). ICD-9-CM codes had higher PPVs for having CHD in the 3 younger age groups compared with those >64 years of age, (X2=4.23, P<0.0001). Conclusions While CHD ICD-9-CM codes had acceptable PPV (86.54%) (508/587 [95% CI, 83.51-89.20]) for identifying whether a patient has CHD when excluding patients with ICD-9-CM codes for "Other" CHD and code 745.5, further evaluation and algorithm development may help inform and improve accurate identification of CHD in data sets across the CHD ICD-9-CM code groups.

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J Am Heart Assoc

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EISSN

2047-9980

Publication Date

August 2, 2022

Volume

11

Issue

15

Start / End Page

e024911

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Middle Aged
  • International Classification of Diseases
  • Humans
  • Heart Defects, Congenital
  • Databases, Factual
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.
  • 3201 Cardiovascular medicine and haematology
  • 1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology
 

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Rodriguez, F. H., Raskind-Hood, C. L., Hoffman, T., Farr, S. L., Glidewell, J., Li, J. S., … Book, W. M. (2022). How Well Do ICD-9-CM Codes Predict True Congenital Heart Defects? A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Based Multisite Validation Project. J Am Heart Assoc, 11(15), e024911. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.121.024911
Rodriguez, Fred H., Cheryl L. Raskind-Hood, Trenton Hoffman, Sherry L. Farr, Jill Glidewell, Jennifer S. Li, Alfred D’Ottavio, et al. “How Well Do ICD-9-CM Codes Predict True Congenital Heart Defects? A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Based Multisite Validation Project.J Am Heart Assoc 11, no. 15 (August 2, 2022): e024911. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.121.024911.
Rodriguez FH, Raskind-Hood CL, Hoffman T, Farr SL, Glidewell J, Li JS, et al. How Well Do ICD-9-CM Codes Predict True Congenital Heart Defects? A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Based Multisite Validation Project. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 Aug 2;11(15):e024911.
Rodriguez, Fred H., et al. “How Well Do ICD-9-CM Codes Predict True Congenital Heart Defects? A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Based Multisite Validation Project.J Am Heart Assoc, vol. 11, no. 15, Aug. 2022, p. e024911. Pubmed, doi:10.1161/JAHA.121.024911.
Rodriguez FH, Raskind-Hood CL, Hoffman T, Farr SL, Glidewell J, Li JS, D’Ottavio A, Botto L, Reeder MR, Hsu D, Lui GK, Sullivan AM, Book WM. How Well Do ICD-9-CM Codes Predict True Congenital Heart Defects? A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Based Multisite Validation Project. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 Aug 2;11(15):e024911.
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Published In

J Am Heart Assoc

DOI

EISSN

2047-9980

Publication Date

August 2, 2022

Volume

11

Issue

15

Start / End Page

e024911

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Middle Aged
  • International Classification of Diseases
  • Humans
  • Heart Defects, Congenital
  • Databases, Factual
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.
  • 3201 Cardiovascular medicine and haematology
  • 1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology