Validating Use of Electronic Health Data to Identify Patients with Urinary Tract Infections in Outpatient Settings

• Main Authors: George Germanos (Author), Patrick Light (Author), Roger Zoorob (Author), Jason Salemi (Author), Fareed Khan (Author), Michael Hansen (Author), Kalpana Gupta (Author), Barbara Trautner (Author), Larissa Grigoryan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: To validate the use of electronic algorithms based on International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 codes to identify outpatient visits for urinary tract infections (UTI), one of the most common reasons for antibiotic prescriptions. Methods: ICD-10 symptom codes (e.g., dysuria) alone...