Table 2.
Sensitivity of national pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial disease cases* and cost† estimates to ICD-9 undercoding and proportion of patients aged <65 years
| Proportion of Cases Coded for Pulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Disease per ICD-9 (031.0) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Proportion of patients aged <65 yr | 27% | 50% | 75% |
| 25% | 79,344 ($749,890,795) | 42,687 ($403,441,248) | 28,458 ($268,960,832) |
| 31% | 86,244 ($815,098,690) | 46,399 ($438,523,095) | 30,933 ($292,348,730) |
| 35% | 91,551 ($865,258,610) | 49,254 ($465,509,132) | 32,836 ($310,339,421) |
Definition of abbreviations: ICD-9 = International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision.
Case numbers reflect year 2010 estimates.
Costs are presented in constant 2014 dollars.