• BMJ open · Jul 2018

    Accuracy of colorectal cancer ICD-9-CM codes in Italian administrative healthcare databases: a cross-sectional diagnostic study.

    • Francesco Cozzolino, Ettore Bidoli, Iosief Abraha, Mario Fusco, Gianni Giovannini, Paola Casucci, Massimiliano Orso, Annalisa Granata, Marcello De Giorgi, Paolo Collarile, Valerio Ciullo, Maria Francesca Vitale, Roberto Cirocchi, Walter Orlandi, Diego Serraino, Alessandro Montedori, and D.I.V.O. Group.
    • Health Planning Service, Regional Health Authority of Umbria, Perugia, Italy.
    • BMJ Open. 2018 Jul 5; 8 (7): e020630.

    AbstractObjectives To assess the accuracy of International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision - Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) codes in identifying subjects with colorectal cancer.© Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2018. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted.

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