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June 28, 2012Health Services Research116 citationsOpen Access

Case Definitions for Acute Myocardial Infarction in Administrative Databases and Their Impact on In‐Hospital Mortality Rates

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AMAmy MetcalfeANAnnabelle NeudamSFSamantha Forde

Structured PICO

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Intervention
ICD-9-CM 410 or ICD-10 I21-I22 in the primary diagnosis coding field to define Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI)
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Outcome
In-hospital mortality rates

Standardizing the definition of AMI using specific ICD codes in the primary diagnosis field is recommended to improve comparability across administrative database studies.

Abstract

We recommend that ICD-9-CM 410 or ICD-10 I21-I22 in the primary diagnosis coding field should be used to define AMI. The use of a consistent validated case definition would improve comparability across studies.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69d6b16aa0177bf533ed8958https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-6773.2012.01440.x
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