Validating malignant melanoma ICD-9-CM codes in Umbria, ASL Napoli 3 Sud and Friuli Venezia Giulia administrative healthcare databases: a diagnostic accuracy study.

Massimiliano OrsoDiego SerrainoIosief AbrahaMario FuscoGianni GiovanniniPaola CasucciFrancesco CozzolinoAnnalisa GranataMichele GobbatoFabrizio StracciValerio CiulloMaria Francesca VitalePaolo EusebiWalter OrlandiAlessandro MontedoriEttore Bidolinull null

Published in: BMJ open (2018)

The case definition for melanoma based on clinical or instrumental diagnosis, confirmed by histological examination, showed excellent sensitivities and good specificities in the three operative units. Administrative databases from the three operative units can be used for epidemiological and outcome research of melanoma.

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