Positive Predictive Value of ICD-9 Code for Herpes Zoster Among Children During the Varicella Vaccine Era
Sheila Weinmann1, Meredith Vandermeer, Michelle Roberts
1From the *Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, Oregon; and †Department of Pediatrics, Northwest Permanente PC, Portland, Oregon.
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
|December 15, 2015
Abstract:
We examined the positive predictive value of the herpes zoster ICD-9 diagnosis code 053 in the Kaiser Permanente Northwest integrated health plan. Among children 0-17 years old, the positive predictive value was 87.1% (95% confidence interval: 84.2-89.6) and 96.8% (95% confidence interval: 95.0-98.1) during the years 1997-2002 and 2005-2009, respectively, using chart review of the medical record as the diagnostic standard.
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