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Table 2 Details of the false positive patients determined by the ICD9-CM algorithm

From: Validation of an International Classification of Disease, Ninth Revision coding algorithm to identify decompressive craniectomy for stroke

Number

Diagnosis

Operation

ICD9-CM Procedure Code

ICD9-CM Diagnosis Code

1

Left ICH after TPA administration for left MCA stroke

Left decompressive craniectomy and evacuation of hematoma

01.24

434.91

2

Right temporal ICH

Right frontotemporal craniotomy for evacuation of hematoma

01.39

434.11

3

Right frontoparietal ICH

Right decompressive craniectomy and evacuation of hematoma, left frontal ventriculostomy

01.24

434.11

4

R frontal ICH

Right frontal craniotomy for evacuation of hematoma

01.39

434.91

5

Left parietal ICH secondary to disseminated aspergillosis with refractory intracranial hypertension

Left decompressive craniectomy

01.25

434.11

6

Right frontal ICH

Right frontotemporal craniotomy for evacuation of hematoma

01.39

434.91

  1. Abbreviations: ICD9-CM international classification of diseases, ninth revision, clinical modification, ICH intracerebral hemorrhage, MCA middle cerebral artery, TPA tissue plasminogen activator