Accuracy Analysis of Sub Categories of Diagnosis Code Based on ICD-10 and Laboratory Test Results in Bacterial Infection CasesJETIR(www.jetir.org)Yastori
We also analyzed a subset of children identified with pneumococcal or meningococcal meningitis by ICD-9 discharge diagnosis codes in an attempt to reduce the error associated with misclassification, because unspecified categories may be more likely to include children without bacterial meningitis. Errors ...
Some of the college's students will have left campus for spring break with activeS. pneumoniaeconjunctivitis. Others will have left during the incubation period of the infection or might be asymptomatic carriers of the epidemic strain ofS. pneumoniae. Some students will be traveling to popular colle...
We also analyzed a subset of children identified with pneumococcal or meningococcal meningitis by ICD-9 discharge diagnosis codes in an attempt to reduce the error associated with misclassification, because unspecified categories may be more likely to include children without bacterial meningitis. Errors ...
Importantly, all these broad infection sources were included in the original set of ICD-9 codes. Due to the lack of availability of in-hospital data, medication use at the time of admission and discharge was estimated by evaluating prescription charges 90 days before and after the index ...
Nasal septal abscess (NSA) is a rare bacterial infection in the space between the septal cartilage and perichondrium [1], which is usually seen in patients with nasal trauma complicated with septal hematoma [2]. The clinical symptoms of NSA showed progressive nasal obstruction and nasal pain, ...