Among primary ICD codes for SCM, 98% had active disease, while 87% of secondary codes had active manifestations of SCM. Primary SCM had higher rates of cardiac catheterization (88% versus 53%; p<0.001) and echocardiogram (95.9% vs 88.6%; p<0.002) as compared with secondary diagnosis. ...
Echocardiogram showed left ventricular ejection fraction 55%. Blood Pressure 140 /70 mmHg .Planned ...
RESULTS. The ICD-based query identified 612 individuals from July 2015 to July 2019 who had a hospital billing code for infective endocarditis; of these, 534 also had an echocardiogram. The DS query identified 387 cases. PPV for the DS query was 84.5% (95% confidence interval [CI] 80.6%,...
The objective of this study was to assess whether code 745.5 in isolation or in combination with unspecified CHD codes 746.9 or 746.89 miscodes for CHD, and if true CHD positives decrease with age. Design Echocardiograms of patients with an ICD-9-CM code of 745.5 in isolation or in ...