ICD-9 codes and surveillance for Clostridium difficile-associated disease

Erik R. Dubberke; Kimberly A. Reske; L. Clifford McDonald; Victoria J. Fraser

doi:10.3201/eid1210.060016

ICD-9 codes and surveillance for Clostridium difficile-associated disease

Erik R. Dubberke
, Kimberly A. Reske
, L. Clifford McDonald
, Victoria J. Fraser

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Abstract

We conducted a retrospective cohort study to compare Clostridium difficile-associated disease rates determined by C. difficile-toxin assays and International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision (ICD-9) codes. The correlation between toxin assay results and ICD-9 codes was good (κ = 0.72, p<0.01). The sensitivity of the ICD-9 codes was 78% and the specificity was 99.7%.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1576-1579
Number of pages	4
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	12
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1210.060016
State	Published - Oct 2006

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