The Validity of Using ICD-9 Codes for Identifying Venous Thromboembolism Following Below Knee Surgery

The Validity of Using ICD-9 Codes for Identifying Venous Thromboembolism Following Below Knee Surgery

Category: Other Introduction/Purpose: To determine the incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) after surgeries performed below the knee, previous studies have used the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) procedure codes to identify a DVT (deep...

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Main Authors: Bart Lubberts MD, Reinout R. Heijboer, Pim A. Van Dijk BSc, Bryan G. Vopat MD, Holly H. Johnson MD, Daniel Guss MD, MBA, Christopher W. DiGiovanni MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-08-01
Series:Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2473011416S00313

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