Accuracy of identifying pediatric acute bacterial sinusitis diagnoses in outpatient claims data.
Timothy J SavageHanna WardellKrista F HuybrechtsPublished in: Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety (2023)
ICD-10 codes for acute sinusitis, when paired with a same-day antibiotic prescription, have a high positive predictive value among a cohort of pediatric patients, suggesting that they can be used to study new acute bacterial sinusitis diagnoses with claims.