We grouped admissions by BQ status as follows: “BQ patients” if the ICD-10 code J47.x was recorded in any position (1–20) and with a POA indicator of “Y” and “non-BQ patients” if no codes for BQ appeared in any diagnostic position. Thus, any patient that was diagnosed with...
We grouped admissions by BQ status as follows: “BQ patients” if the ICD-10 code J47.x was recorded in any position (1–20) and with a POA indicator of “Y” and “non-BQ patients” if no codes for BQ appeared in any diagnostic position. Thus, any patient that was diagnosed with...