Validation of diagnosis codes for pleural diseases and procedure codes for relevant respiratory procedures in a healthcare database in Hong Kong: a single tertiary centre study

Key Points

• The aim is to validate clinical diagnosis and procedure codes for pleural diseases in a healthcare database in Hong Kong.
• Conducted a validation study at a single tertiary center
• Assessing diagnostic and procedural coding accuracy
• Involved a comprehensive review of clinical codes
• All diagnosis codes were successfully validated
• Most procedure codes were also validated