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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Ophthalmol. 2017 Jul 1;135(7):791–794. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2017.1595

Table 2.

Accuracy of Diabetic Retinopathy related billing codes reflecting the medical chart through positive (PPV) and negative (NPV) predictive values, sensitivity and specificity

PPV NPV Sensitivity Specificity
High volume

Intravitreal Injection 97.5% 99.5% 99.3% 98.3%
Focal Laser 100% 99.7% 94.1% 100%
Panretinal Photocoagulation 100% 99.8% 97.9% 100%
Ranibizumab 90.5% 99.6% 98.6% 97.2%
Bevacizumab 89.5% 99.4% 96.9% 98.0%
Fundus Photography 94.1% 99.5% 92.8% 99.6%
Fluorescein Angiography 96.7% 99.7% 96.7% 99.7%
Optical Coherence Tomography 97.7% 94.7% 96.3% 96.7%
Procedure Laterality 99.0% 88.6% 87.6% 99.1%

Low volume

Aflibercept 100% 100% 100% 100%
Triamcinolone 100% 99.9% 88.9% 100%
Dexamethasone implant 100% 100% 100% 100%
Subtenons Injection 100% 99.7% 40.0% 100%
B-scan Ultrasound 69.6% 99.9% 94.1% 99.3%