Validation of Acute Gastroenteritis-related International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification Codes in Pediatric and Adult US Populations.

Pindyck, Talia; Hall, Aron J; Tate, Jacqueline E; Cardemil, Cristina V; Kambhampati, Anita K; Wikswo, Mary E; Payne, Daniel C; Grytdal, Scott et al. · Clin Infect Dis · 2020

cross_sectional · Level IV

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Abstract

International Classification of Diseases diagnostic codes are used to estimate acute gastroenteritis (AGE) disease burden. We validated AGE-related codes in pediatric and adult populations using 2 multiregional active surveillance platforms. The sensitivity of AGE codes was similar (54% and 58%) in both populations and increased with addition of vomiting-specific codes.

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