Level of agreement between coding sources of percentage total body surface area burnt (%TBSA).

This study evaluated the level of agreement between four sources of %TBSA using 120 cases identified through the Victorian State Trauma Registry. Expert clinician, ICD-10-AM, Abbreviated Injury Scale, and burns registry coding were compared using measures of agreement. There was near-perfect agreement (weighted Kappa statistic 0.81-1) between all sources of data, suggesting that ICD-10-AM is a valid source of %TBSA and use of ICD-10-AM codes could reduce the resource used by trauma and burns registries capturing this information. PMID: 21430305 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: Health Information Management Journal - Category: Health Management Tags: HIM J Source Type: research