Developing and optimizing a computable phenotype for incident venous thromboembolism in a longitudinal cohort of patients with cancer.
Ang LiWilson Luiz da Costa-JúniorDanielle GuffeyEmily M MilnerAnthony K AllamKaren M KurianFrancisco J NovoaMarguerite D PocheRaka BandyoCarolina GranadaCourtney D WallaceNeil A ZakaiChristopher I AmosPublished in: Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis (2022)
Our ICD/medication-based algorithm can accurately identify VTE phenotype among patients with cancer with a high PPV of 95%. The combined algorithm should be considered in EHR databases that have access to such capabilities.