Multisite medical record review of emergency department visits for unspecified injury of head following the ICD-10-CM coding transition.

Alexis B Peterson Barbara Alison GabellaJewell JohnsonBeth HumeAnn LiuJulia F CostichJeanne HathawaySvetla SlavovaRenee JohnsonMatt Breiding

Published in: Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention (2021)

Exclusion of the S09.90 code in surveillance estimates may result in many missed TBI cases; inclusion may result in counting many false positives. Further, missed TBI cases influenced by incidence estimates, based on the TBI surveillance definition, may lead to inadequate allocation of public health resources.

Keyphrases

public health
traumatic brain injury
emergency department
severe traumatic brain injury
mild traumatic brain injury
healthcare
global health
risk factors
adverse drug
drug induced