Why the study?
Are routine administrative database procedural codes accurate for identifying open and endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repairs?
Population
514 people who had an elective non-ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm repair or were coded with one at a…
Comparison
Routine administrative database procedural codes… vs Actual surgeries performed (gold standard)
Design
Cohort
Key result
Routine administrative database codes for open AAA repair and EVAR showed poor accuracy (52.9% and 93.6%), but a modified coding algorithm improved accuracy to 95.9% and 97.3%, respectively.
Authors
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Caution warranted using unvalidated codes for AAA repair identification in research; leaves open generalizability of modified algorithms.
Observational (n=514)
No
Are routine administrative database procedural codes accurate for identifying open and endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repairs?
Routine administrative codes for AAA repair are inaccurate, but modified algorithms incorporating similar procedures and anesthetic type can achieve high accuracy.
Jetty et al. (2010) conducted an observational in Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) (n=514). Administrative database procedural codes vs. Modified coding algorithm was evaluated on Accuracy of procedural codes for open AAA repair and EVAR. Routine administrative database codes for open AAA repair and EVAR showed poor accuracy (52.9% and 93.6%), but a modified coding algorithm improved accuracy to 95.9% and 97.3%, respectively.