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Use of International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification Codes and Medication Use Data to Identify Nosocomial Clostridium difficile Infection
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 10/14/09
Schmiedeskamp M et al. – Combining the ICD?9?CM code for CDI with drug therapy information increased the positive predictive value for nosocomial CDI but decreased the sensitivity.
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