Development and Validation of an Algorithm to Identify Endometrial Adenocarcinoma in US Administrative Claims Data.

D B EspositoGeetanjoli BanerjeeR YinL RussoSteven R GoldsteinB PatsnerS Lanes

Published in: Journal of cancer epidemiology (2019)

An algorithm comprising one inpatient or two outpatient ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes for endometrial adenocarcinoma had a high PPV. The results indicate that claims databases can be used to reliably identify cases of endometrial adenocarcinoma in studies seeking a high PPV.

Keyphrases

squamous cell carcinoma
endometrial cancer
locally advanced
machine learning
health insurance
mental health
deep learning
big data
palliative care
electronic health record
rectal cancer
artificial intelligence
case control