Validation of an electronic algorithm for Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma in ICD-10-CM.
Mara Meyer EpsteinSarah K DutcherJudith C MaroCassandra SaphirakSandra DeLucciaMuthalagu RamanathanTejaswini DhawaleSonali HarchandaniChristopher DeludeLaura HouAutumn GertzNina DiNunzioCheryl N McMahill-WalravenMano S SelvanJustin VigeantDavid V ColeKira LeishearJerry H GurwitzSusan AndradeNoelle M CocorosPublished in: Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety (2021)
Seventy-seven percent of lymphoma cases identified by an algorithm based on ICD-10-CM diagnosis and procedure codes and applied to claims data were true cases. This novel algorithm represents an efficient, cost-effective way to target an important health outcome of interest for large-scale drug safety and public health surveillance studies.