External Validation of Diagnosis Codes to Identify Pediatric Mental Health Emergency Department Visits for Aggression
Upon external validation, a set of 9 billing diagnosis codes had poor sensitivity and excellent specificity for the identification of pediatric ED visits with agitation/aggression. Novel methods such as natural language processing may be needed to accurately identify pediatric ED visits with aggression/agitation.
Authors
- Jennifer A. Hoffmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1653-363X)
- Julia H. Wnorowska
- Doug Lorenz
- Alexis Harmon
Institutions
- University of Louisville (US)
- Lurie Children's Hospital (US)
- Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Emergency Care
- Published
- 2026-02-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/pec.0000000000003564
- Primary Topic
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00