Trends in the Use of Administrative Codes for Physical Abuse Hospitalizations

Henry T Puls; James D Anderst; Amber Davidson; Matthew Hall

doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.3992

Trends in the Use of Administrative Codes for Physical Abuse Hospitalizations

JAMA Pediatr. 2020 Jan 1;174(1):91-93. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.3992.

Authors

Henry T Puls¹, James D Anderst², Amber Davidson³, Matthew Hall^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Mercy Kansas City, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City.
² Division of Child Adversity and Resilience, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Mercy Kansas City, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City.
³ Children's Hospital Association, Lenexa, Kansas.

Abstract

This time series study analyzes use of administrative codes for child physical abuse hospitalizations before and after the transition from use of ICD-9-CM codes to ICD-10-CM codes.

Publication types

Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

Child
Electronic Health Records / statistics & numerical data*
Hospitalization / trends*
Humans
Physical Abuse / trends*
United States