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Diagnostic Accuracy of Health Care Administrative Diagnosis Codes to Identify Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Disease: A Systematic Review.
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Abstract
backgroundHealth care administrative database research frequently uses standard medical codes to identify diagnoses or procedures. The aim of this review was to establish the diagnostic accuracy of codes used in administrative data research to identify nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) disease, including lung disease (NTMLD).
methodsWe searched Ovid Medline, Embase, Scopus, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and ClinicalTrials.gov from inception to April 2019. We included studies assessing the diagnostic accuracy of
resultsWe identified 5549 unique citations. Of the 96 full-text articles reviewed, 7 eligible studies of moderate quality (3730 participants) were included in our review. The diagnostic accuracy of ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes to identify NTM disease varied widely across studies, with positive predictive values ranging from 38.2% to 100% and sensitivity ranging from 21% to 93%. For NTMLD, 4 studies reported diagnostic accuracy, with positive predictive values ranging from 57% to 64.6% and sensitivity ranging from 21% to 26.9%.
conclusionsDiagnostic accuracy measures of codes used in health care administrative data to identify patients with NTM varied across studies. Overall the positive predictive value of ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes alone is good, but the sensitivity is low; this method is likely to underestimate case numbers, reflecting the current limitations of coding systems to capture NTM diagnoses.
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