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Moderate sensitivity and high specificity of emergency department administrative data for transient ischemic attacks

BMC Health Services Research Evidence based | Sep 23, 2017

Yu AYX, et al. - Researchers here determined the validity of the Canadian 10th International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10-CA) codes for Transient ischemic attack (TIA) in the national ambulatory administrative database. In this study, emergency department administrative data seemed reflecting diagnosis of suspected TIA with high specificity, but it underestimated the burden of disease. To understand the reasons for the low to moderate sensitivity, further study is recommended.
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