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. 2018 Jul 10;3(1):448. doi: 10.23889/ijpds.v3i1.448

Table 3: Sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values for claims-based administrative ICD code combinations to identify sleep disorders (includes any ICD code identifying a sleep disorder).

Data presented as %. *At least noted number of the relevant ICD diagnostic code appearance in the noted database; ID - Index date (Sleep clinic visit date, the date recorded in the medical record review as the date patient was consulted in the sleep clinic); y - year(s); PC - Practitioners’ Claims Database (Physician Claims); DAD - Discharge Abstract Database (inpatient hospital discharge); NACRS - National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (emergency department/ambulatory care); Sn - Sensitivity; Sp - Specificity; PPV - Positive Predictive Value; NPV - Negative Predictive Value

Administrative datadiagnosis definition Timing of ICD code appearance
2 y prior to ID 1 y prior to ID 2 y prior and 1 y post ID



Sn Sp PPV NPV Sn Sp PPV NPV Sn Sp PPV NPV
1 PC 36.0 71.6 90.4 13.1 33.3 73.0 90.2 12.9 79.2 28.4 89.1 15.6
1 DAD 1.7 98.6 90.0 11.9 1.4 98.6 88.2 11.9 2.3 98.6 92.3 12.0
1 PC or 1 DAD 36.6 71.2 89.3 14.5 34.0 71.8 88.8 14.1 79.7 28.8 88.1 17.7
2 PC or 1 DAD 15.3 85.9 87.8 13.3 13.1 90.4 90.0 13.6 43.0 66.7 89.5 15.1
3 PC or 1 DAD 8.6 92.3 88.1 13.3 6.2 94.2 87.7 13.2 23.8 82.1 89.7 14.0
1 NACRS 12.7 90.8 91.1 12.3 7.9 96.5 90.8 12.4 85.4 20.6 88.8 15.9
2 NACRS 8.2 95.7 93.5 12.3 7.9 96.5 94.3 12.4 71.9 54.6 92.1 20.8
3 NACRS 4.6 99.3 98.0 12.3 4.4 99.3 97.9 12.3 45.6 89.4 97.0 18.2
1 PC or 1 NACRS 38.3 68.8 90.1 13.1 35.7 70.5 88.9 14.2 90.8 15.6 88.9 18.6
1 PC or 1 NACRS or 1 DAD 38.9 68.9 89.1 14.5 36.3 69.2 88.6 14.1 91.0 15.4 87.7 20.5