International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision and the Definition of Laryngectomy: Implications for Research and Quality Measurement

Anirudh Saraswathula; Kaitlyn Frazier; Lee Ann Sprankle; J Matthew Austin; Allen Kachalia; C Matthew Stewart; Christine G Gourin

doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2022.0162

International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision and the Definition of Laryngectomy: Implications for Research and Quality Measurement

JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022 May 1;148(5):489-491. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2022.0162.

Authors

Anirudh Saraswathula¹, Kaitlyn Frazier¹, Lee Ann Sprankle¹, J Matthew Austin^{2

3}, Allen Kachalia^{2

4}, C Matthew Stewart^{1

2}, Christine G Gourin^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
³ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study uses data from the 2001 to 2011 Nationwide Inpatient Sample to compare International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) with Ninth Revision coding systems for laryngectomy procedures.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Humans
Laryngectomy*

Grants and funding

T32 DC000027/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS/United States