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<p>Validity of ICD-10 diagnoses of overweight and obesity in Danish hospitals</p>

Sigrid Bjerge Gribsholt, Lars Pedersen, Bjørn Richelsen, Reimar W. Thomsen

Clinical Epidemiology · 2019 · 56 citations · 20 references

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Our findings indicate a high validity of the ICD-10 code E66 for overweight/obesity when recorded; however, completeness of coding was low. Nonetheless, ICD-10 discharge codes may be a suitable source of data on overweight/obesity for epidemiological research.

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