May 6, 2024

Validity of Administrative Coding for Nonarteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy

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Administrative claims have been used to study the incidence and outcomes of nonarteritic ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION), but the validity of International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 codes for identifying NAION has not been examined.

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Hamedani et al. (Mon,) studied this question.

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