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. 2018 Jul 26;3(1):445. doi: 10.23889/ijpds.v3i1.445

Table 2: Agreement on top 20 frequently used diagnosis codes.

*Sensitivity and PPV are calculated using the auditors' codes as the reference.

# of records Sensitivity* PPV*
ICD-10 codes at three digits levels Hospital Audit (95% CI) (95% CI)
Symptom and sign:
R07: Pain in throat and chest 61 66 0.92 (0.83, 0.97) 1.00 (0.94, 1.00)
R10: Abdominal and pelvic pain 84 84 0.95 (0.88, 0.99) 0.95 (0.88, 0.99)
R11: Nausea and vomiting 26 27 0.93 (0.76, 0.99) 0.96 (0.80, 1.00)
R50: Fever of unknown origin 22 22 0.95 (0.77, 1.00) 0.95 (0.77, 1.00)
R51: Headache 15 15 0.93 (0.68, 1.00) 0.93 (0.68, 1.00)
Disease of the respiratory system:
J02: Acute pharyngitis 24 24 1.00 (0.86, 1.00) 1.00 (0.86, 1.00)
J05: Acute obstructive laryngitis (croup) and epiglottitis 31 30 1.00 (0.88, 1.00) 0.97 (0.83, 1.00)
J06: Acute upper respiratory infections of multiple and unspecified sites 34 36 0.89 (0.74, 0.97) 0.94 (0.80, 0.99)
J18: Pneumonia, organism unspecified 20 17 0.88 (0.64, 0.99) 0.75 (0.51, 0.91)
J45: Asthma 22 21 1.00 (0.84, 1.00) 0.95 (0.77, 1.00)
Infectious and parasitic diseases:
A09: Diarrhea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin 33 31 0.97 (0.83, 1.00) 0.91 (0.76, 0.98)
B34: Viral infection of unspecified site 25 27 0.93 (0.76, 0.99) 1.00 (0.86, 1.00)
Injury, poisoning and other sequence of external causes:
S01: Open wound of head 15 17 0.82 (0.57, 0.96) 0.93 (0.68, 1.00)
S61: Open wound of wrist and hand 24 23 0.96 (0.78, 1.00) 0.92 (0.73, 0.99)
S82: Fracture of lower leg, including ankle 15 15 0.87 (0.60, 0.98) 0.87 (0.60, 0.98)
S93: Dislocation, sprain and strain of joints and ligaments at ankle and foot level 15 16 0.94 (0.70, 1.00) 1.00 (0.78, 1.00)
Other Problems:
F10: Use of alcohol 36 34 0.91 (0.76, 0.98) 0.86 (0.71, 0.95)
M54: Dorsalgia 31 34 0.85 (0.69, 0.95) 0.94 (0.79, 0.99)
N39: other disorder of urinary system, including urinary tract infection (unspecified site) 30 32 0.94 (0.79, 0.99) 1.00 (0.88, 1.00)
L03: Cellulitis 19 17 1.00 (0.80, 1.00) 0.89 (0.67, 0.99)