Identification of work-related injury emergency department visits using International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) codes.

Ashley M Bush Terry L BunnMadison Liford

Published in: Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention (2021)

This study identified potential ICD-10-CM codes to expand occupational injury surveillance using discharge data beyond the traditional WC expected payer approach. Further studies are needed to validate the work-related injury codes and support the development of a work-related injury surveillance case definition.

Keyphrases

emergency department
public health
machine learning
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electronic health record