ICD-9-CM codes used to screen patients with potential lower gastrointestinal bleeding.Juned, SiddiqueGregory, W. RuhnkeAndrea, FloresMicah, T. ProchaskaElizabeth, PaeschDavid, O. MeltzerChad, T. Whelan
The risk of hospitalized gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) in renal transplant recipients has not been studied in a national renal transplant population. Therefore, 42,906 renal transplant recipients in the United States Renal Data System (USRDS) from 1 July 1994 - 30 June 1998 were analyzed in an...
Patients with primary ICD-9 code representing a diagnosis of UGIB were included. The UGIB mortality risks and trends in each decade by anatomical sites, bleeding causes, comorbidities, and other important variables were analyzed. Results UGIB mortality risk decreased by 35.4 % from 4.8 % in...
Interventions including EGD and colonoscopy have significant impact in reducing complications associated with gastrointestinal bleeding due to their diagnostic ability as well as potential for therapeutic implication. Methods Using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample 2007, patients older than 18 years, who ...
variation.15Misclassification of the cases is also an important consideration. The study used InternationalClassification Disease(ICD-9) codes to identify patients presenting to theemergency departmentwith upper gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to peptic ulcer disease. All studies relying on administrative ...
To investigate the adverse effect of gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) in patients with acute pancreatitis (AP), accounting for the status of organ failure (OF). Methods We analyzed 107,349 patients with first-attack AP from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database between 2000 and 200...
Applicable CPT / HCPCS / ICD-10 Codes Background References Policy Scope of Policy This Clinical Policy Bulletin addresses virtual gastrointestinal endoscopy. Medical Necessity Aetna considers virtual colonoscopy using computed tomography (CT colonography) performed every 5 years a medically necessary preventi...
Comparison of assessment tools in acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding: Which one at which time point? 2023, Digestive and Liver Disease Citation Excerpt : Reducing this bias can be clinically relevant; thus, using scores derivates from “key point” comparisons more than from “AUC-ROC curve” ...
Bleeding in GIC patients could be the result of many causes and risk factors. One study revealed that bleeding from the tumor site is the predominant source of upper GI bleeds in patients with cancer[9]. Another study found GIH common after chemoradiotherapy in patients with locally advanced pan...
Chronic GI bleeding; Crohn’s disease with persistent dyspepsia; Epigastric mass; Iron deficiency anemia; Persistent vomiting; Progressive difficulty swallowing; Progressive unintentional weight loss; Suspicious barium meal (upper GI series); Evaluation of chronic dyspepsia and/or abdominal pain when other...