Little is known about the validity of ICD-10-CM codes for atopic dermatitis (AD) in healthcare claims databases. We assessed the validity of ICD-10-CM codes for identifying adult patients with AD. The healthcare claims database from a large metropolitan tertiary care medical...
asthma, and atopic dermatitis are common chronic inflammatory diseases in the world, resulting in great economic burden in terms of health-care costs. In the past several decades, the prevalence of allergic diseases has increased rapidly worldwide with the...
were excluded from the analyses. “AD reimb” cases had an entry of KELA reimbursement codes 134 (erythrodermia exfoliativa universalis), 395 (dupilumab), or 317 (topical calcineurin inhibitors). “AD strict” cases had an entry of ICD-10 code L20.0, ICD-9 code 6918B, or ICD-8 code ...
Atopic dermatitis (AD) is associated with allergic comorbidities, such as asthma, allergic rhinitis (AR), and allergic contact dermatitis (ACD). The etiology of keloid is largely unknown; however, AD and keloid share inflammatory pathways characterized by T-helper cell 2 cytokines and increased der...
or at least 1 medical claim with a diagnosis code for contact dermatitis because of an unspecified condition (ICD-9: 692.9, ICD-10: L25.9), or rash and other nonspecific skin eruption (ICD-9:782.1, ICD-10: R21) from a dermatologist or allergist/immunologist over the past 5 years, and ...
dermatitis, children aged 0–12 years with out-patient visits for atopic dermatitis (ICD-9 code: 691.8 and 692.x) were enrolled. Clinically, the diagnosis of atopic dermatitis in Taiwan was based on the criteria published by the United Kingdom working group (Williams, 2005). All patients had...
This cross-sectional study examines the changes in the number of visits to outpatient clinics for atopic dermatitis and itch by adults and children in San
Atopic dermatitisElectronic medical recordICD-10 codesPositive predictive valueAlgorithmAtopic Dermatitis (AD) is a chronic, inflammatory skin condition that imposes an enormous personal and economic burden in the United States. Due to the ubiquity of the use of electronic medical records (EMR) in ...
Background Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a prevalent relapsing inflammatory skin disease. There is currently little knowledge about healthcare utilization and medication use along with parental corticosteroid phobia in relation to severity of pediatric AD. Objectives To study the association between parental‐...
Background Ocular surface diseases (OSDs), including conjunctivitis and blepharitis, are common in atopic dermatitis (AD) patients, but the magnitude and patient characteristics are unclear. Objectives To examine the prevalence of OSDs in adults with AD and identify patient characteristics and risk ...