Validation of Liver Cirrhosis Network Criteria for Compensated Cirrhosis Through Natural Language Processing for Predicting Liver-Related Events.

Silvey, Scott; Patel, Nilang; O'Leary, Jacqueline G; Bajaj, Jasmohan S · Am J Gastroenterol · 2026

retrospective_cohort · Level III

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Abstract

The liver cirrhosis network (LCN) developed a pragmatic clinical consensus definition for cirrhosis that we aimed to validate with natural language processing in 2 large VA centers. Of the 5465 patients identified with ICD codes for cirrhosis, 42.7% met the LCN definition. Meeting the LCN definition increased the probability of a liver-related event (LRE; new ascites, SBP, hepatic encephalopathy, HCC or variceal bleed) by 44% in multivariable analysis despite adjustment versus patients who did not meet these criteria. Each additional component of the LCN criteria increased the risk of LREs by 43%, which was led by FIB-4 and platelet counts.