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Development and validation of a new ICD-10-based screening colonoscopy overuse measure in a large integrated healthcare system: a retrospective observational study.

Megan A AdamsEve A KerrJason A DominitzYuqing GaoNicholas YankeyFolasade P MayJohn MafiSameer D Saini
Published in: BMJ quality & safety (2022)
An International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Edition based electronic measure of screening colonoscopy overuse has high specificity and improved sensitivity compared with a previous International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Edition based measure. Despite increased focus on reducing low-value care and improving access, a quarter of VHA screening colonoscopies in 2017 were identified as potential low-value procedures, with substantial facility-level variability.
Keyphrases
  • machine learning
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