COMPATIBILITY OF THE ICD-9-CM AND AIS 80. AN UPDATE

The feasibility is being explored of coding the Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) severity directly from hospital discharge diagnoses which have been classified using the World Health Organization's International Classification of Diseases (ICD). The ability to convert ICD rubrics to AIS severity codes would greatly enhance the scales utility. A clinical modification of the 9th revision of the ICD (ICD-9-CM) giving increased specificity has been recently developed. Several simplifying assumptions were made to facilitate conversion of the ICD-9-CM. Some of the more important ones are listed. A computerized ICD-9-CM-AIS '80 conversion table has been developed which can be used to assign severity scores to those rubrics for which a compatible AIS description exists. The validity of this conversion table is currently being tested. Although primary results are encouraging with regard to the utility of the table, certain limitations have been noted.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Association for Automotive Medicine

  P.O. Box 222
  Morton Grove, IL  United States  60053
• Authors:
  • MacKenzie, E J
  • Garthe, E A
• Publication Date: 1983-4

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 25-27
• Serial:
  • AAAM Quarterly Journal
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Assoc for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coding systems
• Identifier Terms: Abbreviated Injury Scale; International classification of diseases
• Uncontrolled Terms: Conversion
• Old TRIS Terms: Coding
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I81: Accident Statistics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00380688
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-035 303
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 30 1984 12:00AM