Validation of an electronic coding algorithm to identify the primary indication of orthopedic surgeries from administrative data.
John C GiardinaThomas ChaSteven J AtlasMichael J BarryAndrew A FreibergLauren LeavittFelisha MarquesKaren SepuchaPublished in: BMC medical informatics and decision making (2020)
The electronic algorithm was able to identify all four procedure/primary indication combinations of interest with high specificity. Additionally, the sensitivity for the KOA cases was reasonably high. For HOA and the spine conditions, additional work is needed to improve the sensitivity of the algorithm to identify the primary indication for each case.