2. Presence of pleural effusion denoted by OPCS procedure code alone. Outcome 1 was felt likely to generate the largest number of results as the inclusion of both ICD-10 and OPCS codes allows for the capture of any patients in the target population who are found to have either a small ...
introduction: spatial distribution of mortality from pleural mesothelioma (which in the icd-10 revision has a specific code: c45.0) in italy for the period 2003-2009 is described. previous mortality studies at national level employed the topographic code "malignant neoplasms of pleura", ...
for this analysis, decedents for whom the international classification of diseases (icd) code for asbestosis was listed as the underlying cause of death were identified from 1968-2005 mortality data. given the occupational etiology and long latency of asbestosis, analysis was restricted to deaths ...
Because there was no unique code for mesothelioma before 1999, we looked at SMRs for the ICD-10 period only, 1999–2011. There were five cases (4 male and 1 female) of mesothelioma from 1999 to 2011 (Table 5). SMRs for both sexes combined, males, and females were elevated but not ...
INTRODUCTION: Spatial distribution of mortality from pleural mesothelioma (which in the ICD-10 Revision has a specific code: C45.0) in Italy for the period 2003-2009 is described. Previous mortality studies at national level employed the topographic code "Malignant neoplasms of pleura", because of...
The case definition was two or more billing records within 24 months with a silicosis diagnosis code (ICD-9 502, ICD-10 J62). Cases from 1993 to 1995 were excluded as prevalent cases. Crude incidence rates per 100,000 persons were calculated by time-period, age, sex, and region. ...
The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and the protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of Eskisehir Osmangazi University (Project identification code PR-12-03-30-01; 30/03/2012). 2.3. Determination of the Villages with Asbestos Exposure A two-step method ...