TY - JOUR
T1 - Accuracy of the ICD-10 discharge diagnosis for syncope
AU - Ruwald, Martin Huth
AU - Hansen, Morten Lock
AU - Lamberts, Morten
AU - Kristensen, Søren Lund
AU - Wissenberg, Mads
AU - Olsen, Anne-Marie Schjerning
AU - Christensen, Stefan Bisgaard
AU - Vinther, Michael
AU - Køber, Lars
AU - Torp-Pedersen, Christian
AU - Hansen, Jim
AU - Gislason, Gunnar Hilmar
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Administrative discharge codes are widely used in epidemiology, but the specificity and sensitivity of this coding is unknown and must be validated. We assessed the validity of the discharge diagnosis of syncope in administrative registers and reviewed the etiology of syncope after workup.
AB - Administrative discharge codes are widely used in epidemiology, but the specificity and sensitivity of this coding is unknown and must be validated. We assessed the validity of the discharge diagnosis of syncope in administrative registers and reviewed the etiology of syncope after workup.
U2 - 10.1093/europace/eus359
DO - 10.1093/europace/eus359
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 23129545
SN - 1099-5129
VL - 15
SP - 595
EP - 600
JO - Europace
JF - Europace
IS - 4
ER -