Table 3 Description of cases where distal radius fracture (DRF) was not confirmed in a validation study of the Swedish National Patient Register with regards to ICD-10 code registrations of distal radius fractures (DRF)
From: Validity of distal radius fracture diagnoses in the Swedish National Patient Register
Type of error | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total number of unconfirmed | Transfer to register error | Coding error | Diagnostic error | |
Cohort 1 | 8 | No medical record corresponding with the site and date = 1 | Hand injury = 1 Proximal forearm fracture = 1 Proximal humerus fracture = 1 Complication of a DRF of older date = 3 | Wrist contusion = 1 |
Cohort 2 | 19 | Knee injury, no diagnosis or code for DRF = 1 | Hand injury = 3 Isolated distal ulna fracture = 9 Forearm shaft fracture = 2 Proximal forearm fracture = 1 Foot injury = 1 Complication of a DRF of older date = 2 | |
Cohort 3 | 0 | |||
Cohort 4 | 5 | Monteggia fracture – no coding for DRF = 1 | Isolated distal ulna fracture = 1 Proximal forearm fracture = 1 Complication of a DRF of older date = 2 | |
Cohort 5 | 11 | No code for DRF corresponding with the site and date = 1 | Hand injury = 2 Isolated distal ulna fracture = 1 Forearm shaft fracture = 6 Complication of a DRF of older date = 1 | |
Cohort 6 | 9 | Forearm shaft fracture = 3 Proximal forearm fracture = 5 Isolated distal ulna fracture = 1 | ||