Infection Prevention in Practice (Dec 2024)

Use of ICD-9-CM coding for identifying antibiotic prescriptions during hospitalization: a Delphi consensus model

  • Agnese Comelli,
  • Camilla Genovese,
  • Giulia Renisi,
  • Luigia Scudeller,
  • Martina Zanforlini,
  • Giulia Macaluso,
  • Arianna Mazzone,
  • Antonio Muscatello,
  • Giorgio Bozzi,
  • Alessia Zoncada,
  • Angelo Pan,
  • Marianna Rossi,
  • Paolo Bonfanti,
  • Stefania Chiappetta,
  • Salvatore Casari,
  • Marco Ripa,
  • Antonella Castagna,
  • Liana Signorini,
  • Francesco Castelli,
  • Margherita Chiamenti,
  • Giulia Carla Marchetti,
  • Barbara Castiglioni,
  • Fabio Franzetti,
  • Elena Graziano,
  • Paolo Grossi,
  • Paola Morelli,
  • Michele Bartoletti,
  • Chiara Molteni,
  • Stefania Piconi,
  • Marco Merli,
  • Massimo Puoti,
  • Davide Ricaboni,
  • Luigi Pusterla,
  • Chiara Cerri,
  • Angelo Regazzetti,
  • Laura Soavi,
  • Marco Rizzi,
  • Marco Franzetti,
  • Stefano Rusconi,
  • Erika Asperges,
  • Raffaele Bruno,
  • Monica Schiavini,
  • Andrea Gori,
  • Simone Schiatti,
  • Alessandra Bandera

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 4
p. 100416

Abstract

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Summary: A Delphi consensus-seeking procedure was conducted to validate a list of ICD-9-CM codes that could help identify hospital admissions in which antimicrobials are more likely to be prescribed. The panel agreed to include 2967 codes out of 16229 (18.28%). Such codes could support AMS strategies by large-scale monitoring of drug consumption.

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