Accuracy of lung cancer ICD-9-CM codes in Umbria, Napoli 3 Sud and Friuli Venezia Giulia administrative healthcare databases: a diagnostic accuracy study.
Alessandro MontedoriEttore BidoliDiego SerrainoMario FuscoGianni GiovanniniPaola CasucciDavid FranchiniAnnalisa GranataValerio CiulloMaria Francesca VitaleMichele GobbatoRita ChiariFrancesco CozzolinoMassimiliano OrsoWalter OrlandiIosief Abrahanull nullPublished in: BMJ open (2018)
Case ascertainment for lung cancer based on imaging or endoscopy associated with histological examination yielded an excellent sensitivity in all the three administrative databases. PPV was moderate for Umbria and FVG but lower for NA.