Sheree L Boulet, Kaitlyn K Stanhope, Arielle N Valdez-Sinon, Danielle Vuncannon, Jessica Preslar, Hannah Bergbower, Brendan Gray, Asmita Gathoo, Nora Hansen, Kerri Andre, Sabrine Bensouda, Braun Cally, Marissa Platner
BACKGROUND: Severe maternal morbidity is a composite measure of serious obstetric complications that is often identified in administrative data using International Classification of Diseases (ICD) diagnosis and procedure codes for a set of 21 indicators. Prior studies of screen-positive cases have demonstrated low predictive value for ICD codes relative to the medical record. To our knowledge, the validity of ICD-10 codes for identifying severe maternal morbidity has not been fully described...
March 29, 2024: Epidemiology