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. 2015 Nov 11;7:441–448. doi: 10.2147/CLEP.S92209

Table 2.

Sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV of ICD-9 198.5 coding for bone metastases in the structured EHR and claims vs chart review with technology-enabled abstraction of the unstructured EHR as a reference

Structured EHR ICD-9 198.5 Claims ICD-9 198.5
N 493 563
Sensitivity 0.668 (95% CI: 0.628–0.708) 0.775 (95% CI: 0.739–0.811)
Specificity 0.983 (95% CI: 0.980–0.986) 0.981 (95% CI: 0.978–0.984)
PPV 0.710 (95% CI: 0.670–0.750) 0.721 (95% CI: 0.684–0.758)
NPV 0.979 (95% CI: 0.976–0.982) 0.986 (95% CI: 0.983–0.988)

Abbreviations: PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value; ICD-9, International Classification of Diseases, ninth revision; EHR, electronic health records.