Validation of an ICD-9-based claims algorithm for identifying patients with chronic idiopathic/spontaneous urticaria.

BACKGROUND: There is no specific International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) code for chronic idiopathic urticaria or spontaneous urticaria (CIU/CSU), a skin condition characterized by hives and angioedema lasting at least 6 weeks with no known cause. O...

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Published in:	Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Vol. 114; no. 5; pp. 393 - 399
Main Authors:	Cherepanov, Dasha, Raimundo, Karina, Chang, Eunice, Eagan, Marianne, Zazzali, James L, Solari, Paul G, DeCotiis, Bruce, Hussain, Iftikhar, Rehman, Syed Maseeh, Shahab, Nada, Tilles, Stephen A, Broder, Michael S
Format:	research Journal Article
Published:	Elsevier B.V. May2015
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