ICD-9-CM Coding for Multidrug Resistant Infection Correlates Poorly with Microbiologically Confirmed Multidrug Resistant Infection

TY - JOUR

T1 - ICD-9-CM Coding for Multidrug Resistant Infection Correlates Poorly with Microbiologically Confirmed Multidrug Resistant Infection

AU - Burnham, Jason P.

AU - Kwon, Jennie H.

AU - Babcock, Hilary M.

AU - Olsen, Margaret A.

AU - Kollef, Marin H.

N1 - Funding Information: Potential conflicts of interest: Gökhan Metan has received honoraria for speaking at symposia and lectures organized by Gilead; Merck, Sharp, and Dohme (MSD); and Pfizer. He received financial compensation from Pfizer for a meeting organized to discuss the content of a review paper, and he is a member of the advisory board of Pfizer and Astellas. He has received travel grants from MSD, Pfizer, and Gilead to participate in conferences. Serhat Üna has received honoraria for lectures from Pfizer, MSD, and Gilead, as well as travel grants from MSD, Pfizer, and Gilead to participate in conferences. All other authors report no conflicts of interest relevant to this article. Funding Information: The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official view of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Financial support: This work was supported by the Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (grant no. UL1TR000448) from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) of the NIH. Dr Marin Kollef is supported by the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation. Dr. Kwon reports that the research reported in this publication was supported by the Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (grant no. UL1TR000448, sub-award KL2TR000450) from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Potential conflicts of interest: All authors report no conflicts of interest relevant to this article.

PY - 2017/11/1

Y1 - 2017/11/1

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85041226735

U2 - 10.1017/ice.2017.192

DO - 10.1017/ice.2017.192

M3 - Letter

C2 - 28870271

AN - SCOPUS:85041226735

SN - 0899-823X

VL - 38

SP - 1381

EP - 1383

JO - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

JF - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

IS - 11

ER -