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Published in final edited form as: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Dec 17;42(9):1128–1130. doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.1346

Table 2.

Positive and Negative Predictive Values of International Classification of Diseases Clinical Modification 9th and 10th Edition Codes for Surveillance of Surgical Site Infections

PPV
NPV
Procedure ICD Range ICD-9 (95% CI) ICD-10 (95% CI) Difference (95% CI) ICD-9 (95% CI) ICD-10 (95% CI) Difference (95% CI)
Colectomy Narrow 0.52 (0.47-0.57) 0.50 (0.43-0.58) −0.02 (−0.12-0.09) 0.96 (0.95-0.96) 0.97 (0.97-0.97) 0.02 (−0.02- −0.007)
Hysterectomy Narrow 0.46 (0.39-0.53) 0.47 (0.37-0.59) 0.02 (−0.16-0.18) 0.99 (0.99-0.99) 0.99 (0.99-1.00) 0.01 (−0.01-0.0)
All Narrow 0.50 (0.46-0.54) 0.50 (0.44-0.55) −0.01 (−0.09-0.08) 0.97 (0.97-0.98) 0.98 (0.98-0.98) 0.01 (−0.01-0.0)

Colectomy Expanded 0.35 (0.32-0.38) 0.29 (0.25-0.33) −0.06 (−0.13-0.003) 0.97 (0.96-0.97) 0.97 (0.97-0.98) 0.01 (−0.02- −0.001)
Hysterectomy Expanded 0.36 (0.32-0.41) 0.26 (0.21-0.32) −0.10 (−0.21-0.01) 0.99 (0.99-0.99) 1.00 (0.99-1.00) −0.004 (−0.008-0.001)
All Expanded 0.35 (0.33-0.38) 0.28 (0.25-0.32) −0.07 (−0.13−-0.02) 0.98 (0.98-0.98) 0.98 (0.98-0.98) −0.001 (−0.006-0.003)

PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value, CI, confidence interval. ICD, International Classification of Diseases