TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1990//
TI  - An evaluation of external cause-of-injury codes using hospital records from the Indian Health Service, 1985
JO  - American journal of public health
A1  - Sniezek, Joseph E.
A1  - Colwell, L. S. Jr
A1  - Smith, Susan M.
SP  - 279
EP  - 281
VL  - 80
IS  - 3
N2  - To evaluate the usefulness of International Classification of Diseases external cause-of-injury and poisoning codes (E codes) for public health surveillance of nonfatal injuries, we analyzed E codes from Indian Health Service (IHS) hospital records. E codes for unknown or unspecified causes were used for 25 percent of records. At two hospitals, 63 percent of E codes assigned by independent coders agreed; another 18 percent matched on general cause-of-injury groups. With uniform guidelines and increased training, E coding could provide a valuable, cost-effective method of quantifying and characterizing severe, nonfatal injuries.
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SN  - 0090-0036
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -