Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 1 of 1
Full-Text Articles in Emergency Medicine
An Emergency Department Medical Record Review For Adolescent Intentional Self-Harm Injuries, Anna Hansen, Dessi Slavova, Gena Cooper, Jaryd Zummer, Julia Costich
An Emergency Department Medical Record Review For Adolescent Intentional Self-Harm Injuries, Anna Hansen, Dessi Slavova, Gena Cooper, Jaryd Zummer, Julia Costich
Emergency Medicine Faculty Publications
BACKGROUND: Non-suicidal self-injury and suicide attempts are increasing problems among American adolescents. This study developed a definition for identifying intentional self-harm (ISH) injuries in emergency department (ED) records coded with International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) codes. The definition is based on the injury-reporting framework proposed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study sought to estimate the definition's positive predictive value (PPV), and the proportion of ISH injuries with intent to die (i.e., suicide attempt).
METHODS: The study definition, based on first-valid external cause-of-injury ICD-10-CM codes X71-X83, T14.91, T36-T65, or T71, captured 207 discharge …