Jacobson BC

ORCID: 0000-0001-7064-2357 · 1 paper in corpus

2008

The inaccuracy of ICD-9-CM Code 530.2 for identifying patients with Barrett's esophagus.

Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus ·doi:10.1111/j.1442-2050.2007.00800.x

Barrett's esophagus (BE) is a chronic complication associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease. The ICD-9-CM code used for BE, 530.2, is also used for patients with 'ulcer of the esophagus.' We aimed to determine if the ICD-9-CM code of…