Exploring injury intentionality and mechanism via ICD-10-CM injury codes and self-reported injury in a large, urban emergency department

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Michael Clery, Emory University; Philip Joseph Hudson, Georgia Department of Public Health; Jasmine C. Moore, Grady Health System; Laura M. Mercer Kollar, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Daniel Wu, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2021-03-04
• Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021.
• License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2019-043508
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: INJURY PREVENTION
• Volume: 27
• Issue: Suppl 1
• Start Page: i62
• End Page: i65
• Grant/Funding Information: The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
• Keywords: trauma systems; epidemiology; violence; multiple injury; public health
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Public Health; Health Sciences, Epidemiology

Abstract

Health systems capture injuries using International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) diagnostic codes and share data with public health to inform injury surveillance. This study analyses provider-assigned ICD-10-CM injury codes among self-reported injuries to determine the effectiveness of ICD-10-CM coding in capturing injury and assault.