No “One-Size-Fits All”: chronic “Carryover” diagnoses dilute antibiotic prescribing rates for sinusitis among adults in primary and urgent care settings
International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) billing data used in outpatient stewardship metrics is under-described for acute and chronic sinusitis. We found that different sinusitis ICD-10 definitions impacted antibiotic prescribing rates (APRs). Chronic sinusitis ICD-10s dilute overall sinusitis APR, particularly in primary care settings and should be examined separately.
Authors
- Thomas W. T. Leung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0219-3358)
- David Ha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4912-5827)
- Marisa Holubar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7585-1809)
- Alex Zimmet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3337-0043)
- Marten R Hawkins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8387-0823)
- Chananid Laikijrung
- William Alegria
- Emily Mui
- Mary Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4833-2217)
Institutions
- Kaiser Permanente (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Stanford Health Care (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Published
- 2024-12-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2024.200
- Primary Topic
- Sinusitis and nasal conditions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00