Validity of ICD-10 diagnoses of overweight and obesity in Danish hospitals.

Sigrid Bjerge GribsholtLars PedersenBjørn RichelsenReimar Wernich Thomsen

Published in: Clinical epidemiology (2019)

Our findings indicate a high validity of the ICD-10 code E66 for overweight/obesity when recorded; however, completeness of coding was low. Nonetheless, ICD-10 discharge codes may be a suitable source of data on overweight/obesity for epidemiological research.

Keyphrases

weight loss
weight gain
insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
high fat diet induced
type diabetes
body mass index
physical activity
healthcare
electronic health record
adipose tissue
skeletal muscle
big data
machine learning