Validation of diagnosis codes for pleural diseases and procedure codes for relevant respiratory procedures in a healthcare database in Hong Kong: a single tertiary centre study
This is the first validation study of clinical codes for pleural diseases and related procedures in Hong Kong. All diagnosis codes and most procedure codes were successfully validated.
Authors
- Ken Chan
- WH Yip
- Fanny W.S. Ko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8454-0087)
- KW To
- Rachel L.P Lo
- Charlotte HY Lau
- Stephanie WT Ho
- Christopher Chan
- Joyce KC Ng
- Timothy CC Ng
- Jenny CL Ngai
- David SC Hui
- KC Ling
- CY Sze
Institutions
- Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Hong Kong Medical Journal
- Published
- 2026-01-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12809/hkmj2412275
- Primary Topic
- Medical Coding and Health Information
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00