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Accuracy assessment of patient safety incident (PSI) codes and present-on-admission (POA) indicators: a cross-sectional analysis using the Patient Safety Incidents Inquiry (PSII) in Korea
BMC Health Services Research volumeĀ 24, ArticleĀ number:Ā 755 (2024)
Abstract
Background
Among the various methods used, administrative data collected for claims and billing purposes, such as diagnosis codes and present-on-admission (POA) indicators, can easily be employed to assess patient safety status. However, it is crucial that administrative data be accurate to generate valid estimates of adverse event (AE) occurrence. Thus, we aimed to evaluate the accuracy of diagnosis codes and POA indicators in patients with confirmed AEs in the hospital admission setting.
Methods
We analysed the diagnosis codes of 1,032 confirmed AE cases and 6,754 non-AE cases from the 2019 Patient Safety Incidents Inquiry, which was designed as a cross-sectional study, to determine their alignment with the Korean Patient Safety Incidents (PSIs) Code Classification System. The unit of analysis was the individual case rather than the patient, because two or more AEs may occur in one patient. We examined whether the primary and secondary diagnostic codes had PSIs codes matching the AE type and checked each PSI code for whether the POA indicator had an āNā tag. We reviewed the presence of PSI codes in patients without identified AEs and calculated the correlation between the AE incidence rate and PSI code and POA indicator accuracy across 15 hospitals.
Results
Ninety (8.7%) of the AE cases had PSI codes with an āNā tag on the POA indicator compared to 294 (4.4%) of the non-AE cases. Infection- (20.4%) and surgery/procedure-related AEs (13.6%) had relatively higher instances of correctly tagged PSI codes. We did not identify any PSI codes for diagnosis-related incidents. While we noted significant differences in AE incidence rates, PSI code accuracy, and POA indicator accuracy among the hospitals, the correlations between these variables were not statistically significant.
Conclusion
Currently, PSI codes and POA indicators in South Korea appear to have low validity. To use administrative data in medical quality improvement activities such as monitoring patient safety levels, improving the accuracy of administrative data should be a priority. Possible strategies include targeted education on PSI codes and POA indicators and introduction of new evaluation indicators regarding the accuracy of administrative data.
Background
Among the diverse methods used to identify patient safety incidents (PSIs), administrative data have been increasing use [1,2,3,4]. Administrative data such as claims and billing information are amassed through numerous channels during medical processes and stand out for their relative ease of use compared to other kinds of data or methods used to assess patient safety status [5]. Furthermore, this approach capitalises on already-collected data, thereby eliminating the need for additional expenditure on data collection, facilitating efficient evaluation of patient safety status [5]. Diagnosis codes are a form of administrative data extensively utilised to determine disease burden, as measured by indicators such as disability-adjusted life years, and ensure a high level of comparability in the outcomes derived [6, 7].
In this context, attempts have been made to develop a PSI code classification system aimed at systematically and comprehensively gathering data on PSI cases via diagnosis codes [8, 9]. For instance, Choi et al. [9] classified a total of 4,509 codes from the Korean Standard Classification of Disease, Version 7 (KCD-7) into six types of PSIs. However, to distinguish the occurrence or prevalence of PSIs, a metric known as present-on-admission (POA) is needed in addition to PSI-related diagnosis codes. A POA indicator further annotates a diagnosis code to clarify whether the patientās condition was present before admission (āYā-tagged) or if it developed after admission (āNā-tagged) [10]. Thus, examining both PSI codes and POA indicators is crucial for identifying PSIs that transpired during a hospital stay from those that did not.
To effectively monitor the occurrence of PSIs using PSI codes and POA indicators, it is vital to ensure the accuracy of both metrics. For instance, research comparing complication data from Canadaās National Surgical Quality Improvement Program with PSI codes highlighted the insufficiency of PSI code accuracy for individual-level patient safety monitoring [11]. Likewise, a study assessing complication data against South Koreaās healthcare quality improvement checklist indicated a need to enhance the accuracy of both PSI codes and POA indicators [12].
However, there is a significant research gap in terms of concurrently examining the accuracy of PSI codes and POA indicators. Most previous studies have focused solely on assessing the accuracy of POA indicators for specific PSI types [13,14,15]. Even research evaluating the accuracy of both PSI codes and POA indicators has faced limitations by relying on another set of administrative data as a benchmark [12]. To address this research gap, we conducted an in-depth analysis of PSI code and POA indicator entries at the national level based on the Patient Safety Incidents Inquiry (PSII) [16, 17], which is conducted in South Korea. We attempted to evaluate the accuracy of PSI codes and POA indicators from multiple perspectives across participating medical institutions in PSII.
Methods
Data sources
Adverse events, diagnosis codes, and POA indicators
We utilised data on adverse events (AEs), diagnosis codes, and POA indicators collected through the PSII [16, 17]. The PSII involves a comprehensive review of medical records of 500 patients discharged from 15 regional public hospitals each across South Korea, totalling 7,500 patients. The PSII was implemented in 2019 and involved a three-stage retrospective review of medical records for patients discharged in 2016 from regional public hospitals dedicated to acute care. This review process identified 1,032 cases of AEs, which were classified into six distinct categories [16].
The PSII collected information by having two reviewers independently review medical records at each review stage [16, 17]. We included diagnosis codes documented by at least one of the two first reviewers of the PSII in the analysis, which incorporated both the primary and secondary diagnostic codes of the patients. As with diagnosis codes, if even one first reviewer tagged the POA indicator as āNā, we considered the POA indicator for the diagnosis code to be āNā.
PSI code classification
We identified PSI codes using the Korean Patient Safety Incidents Code Classification System [9]. This system was developed by reviewing and categorising the KCD-7 codes using the Delphi method. Of the 54,550 KCD-7 codes, 4,509 were identified as PSI codes and classified into six major categories, consistent with the types of AEs established in the PSII.
Data analysis
Accuracy of PSI codes and POA indicators for AEs
The unit of analysis was the individual case rather than the patient, because two or more AEs may occur in one patient. We assessed the accuracy of the PSI codes by verifying the presence of PSI codes corresponding to the six types of AEs identified in the PSII within the patientsā diagnosis codes. For instance, if an AE was classified as an issue related to patient care (e.g. pressure ulcers) in the PSII, we checked whether any of the patientās diagnosis codes had been identified as patient care-related PSI codes (e.g. for pressure ulcers, whether any of L89.0, L89.1, L89.2, L89.3, or L89.9 was present) within the Korean Patient Safety Incidents Code Classification System. As the PSII identifies AEs that occurred during hospital admission, if a PSI code exists, the POA indicator tagged with it should be āNā.
We determined the accuracy of the POA indicator of each PSI code, classified by AE type, based on whether it was tagged with āNā. We calculated the presence and absence of PSI codes by AE type and the āNā tag for POA indicators in terms of frequency (n) and percentage (%). This process is illustrated in Fig.Ā 1.
Sensitivity and specificity
For non-AE cases, we checked whether the diagnosis codes included PSI codes irrespective of AE type, and if so, whether those PSI codes had an āNā-tagged POA indicator. We calculated sensitivity as the percentage of cases identified as AEs that had PSI codes with a POA indicator tagged as āNā, and we calculated specificity as the percentage of non-AE cases that did not have a PSI code with a POA indicator tagged as āNā. We calculated both values (%) and their 95% confidence intervals (CIs).
Analysis by hospital
For the analysis by hospital, we first calculated the frequency (n) and percentage (%) of AE cases for each hospital. Then, we applied the aforementioned analysis method for the accuracy of PSI codes and POA indicators to establish their accuracy for each hospital. Finally, we analysed the correlation between these variables using Pearsonās correlation method.
Statistical analysis
We sorted and analysed the data using Microsoft Excel and SPSS (version 25.0).
Results
Accuracy of PSI codes with POA indicators tagged as āNā for AEs
Table 1. outlines the distribution of PSI codes with POA indicators tagged as āNā based on the presence or absence of AEs. Of the 1,032 identified AE cases, 90 (8.7%) were assigned PSI codes with POA indicators tagged as āNā that corresponded to the type of AE. Among the 6,754 non-AE cases, 294 (4.4%) were assigned PSI codes with POA indicators tagged as āNā; the remaining 6,460 cases (95.6%) either lacked PSI codes or had PSI codes tagged with values other than āNā for a POA indicator. The sensitivity of utilising PSI codes with POA indicators tagged as āNā to confirm AEs was 8.7% (95% CI: 7.1%ā10.5%), while the specificity was 95.1% (95% CI: 94.1%ā96.1%).
Accuracy of PSI codes and POA indicators by type of AE
Table 2. presents the analysis results of PSI codes and POA indicators by AE type. The most common type of AE was issues related to patient care (nā=ā346, 33.5%) followed by medication, fluids, and blood (nā=ā268, 26.0%). Of all 1,032 AE cases, 346 (33.5%) had PSI codes corresponding to their AE type with 90 of these (26.0%) providing āNā-tagged POA indicators. A closer look by AE type revealed that the type for which the PSI codes were most accurately assigned was infections (56.8%), followed by patient care (34.4%) and surgery or procedures (31.5%). Surgery or procedure-related AEs (43.1%) had the highest proportion of āNā-tagged POA indicators, followed by AEs related to infection (35.9%) and medication, fluids, and blood (24.7%). No PSI codes were assigned to diagnosis-related AEs.
Accuracy of PSI codes and POA indicators by hospital
Table 3. outlines the results of analysing AE incidence rates and the accuracy of PSI codes and POA indicators across the 15 hospitals. The incidence rate of AEs showed a substantial variation of 36.6% across the institutions (range: 1.2%ā37.8%). Similarly, the accuracy of PSI codes related to AE type exhibited a disparity of 51.8% (range: 13.4%ā65.2%), and the proportion of PSI codes with POA indicators tagged as āNā varied by 64.6% (range: 0.0%ā64.6%). The statistical analysis revealed no significant correlations among all three variable pairs across the hospitals: AE incidence rate and accuracy of the PSI codes (rā=āāāā0.061, P-valueā=ā0.829); AE incidence rate and accuracy of PSI codes with POA indicators tagged as āNā (rā=āāāā0.103, P-valueā=ā0.715); and accuracy of PSI codes with POA indicators tagged as āNā (rā=ā0.332, P-valueā=ā0.226).
Discussion
In this study, we analysed the diagnosis codes and POA indicators of patients with confirmed AEs based on data from the PSII to evaluate the accuracy of PSI codes and POA indicators. Our methodology involved estimating the accuracy of PSI codes and POA indicators by verifying the presence of PSI codes corresponding to AE type, identified in patientsā diagnosis codes and whether the POA indicators assigned to these PSI codes were tagged as āNā. The evaluation results indicated low accuracy of PSI codes and POA indicators in South Korean hospitals. Analysis of each hospitalās data showed considerable variation in AE incidence rates and the accuracy of PSI codes and POA indicators. This studyās primary contribution is in highlighting the critical need to enhance the accuracy of diagnosis codes and POA indicators in administrative data as a means to more effectively gauge patient safety status.
Among the methods used to assess patient safety status, administrative data (including diagnosis codes) has commonly been used to detect the presence of various types of PSIs [1,2,3,4]. However, the comprehensive accuracy of this approach remains underexplored with most studies focusing solely on the accuracy of POA indicators for certain PSI categories [13,14,15]. The only known study that concurrently assessed a range of PSI codes and POA indicators has limited precision in evaluating accuracy due to its reliance on cross-validation of administrative data [12]. For a more robust evaluation of PSI codes and POA indicatorsā accuracy, it is imperative to compare these findings with those obtained from methodologies deemed the gold standard in patient safety assessment, such as the medical records review [18]. This study is unique in that it validates the analysis method against the PSII, which verifies AE occurrences through a review of medical records, thereby serving as a comparative benchmark and enhancing the studyās validity [16].
Moreover, this study stands out for its comprehensive evaluation of the accuracy of PSI codes and POA indicators across six types of AEs, encompassing diagnosis-related AEs and facilitating a comparison of accuracy across different PSI types. With the overall average accuracy of PSI codes with POA indicators tagged as āNā at 8.7%, we observed lower accuracy rates in AEs related to diagnosis, medication/fluids/blood, and patient care. We noted higher accuracy rates in AEs related to surgery/procedure and infection. The absence of PSI codes in diagnosis-related AEs might be understandable given the limited number of PSI codesāonly twoāavailable in the Korean Patient Safety Incidents Code Classification System [9]. Nonetheless, the lack of codes for patient care-related AEs (such as pressure ulcers)ādespite the presence of specific codes like L890 (Stage I decubitus ulcer and pressure area) and L891 (Stage II decubitus ulcer and pressure area)āhighlights significant oversight. These findings suggest that using pressure ulcer-related PSI codes to infer a decline in the incidence of pressure ulcers in South Korea may not be a valid approach [19].
Our findings indicate that the absence of diagnosis codes in administrative data is not limited to specific types of PSIs (such as pressure ulcers). Even in cases of infection-related AEsāwhich demonstrate comparatively high accuracy for PSI codes and POA indicatorsāAE-related accuracy remains alarmingly low, ranging from 20 to 30%. This underscores the urgent need for comprehensive interventions in South Korean hospitals to improve the accuracy of PSI codes and POA indicators within their administrative databases. Most importantly, there is a need to raise the awareness level of healthcare professionals, especially physicians, regarding PSI codes and POA indicators [20].
In South Korea, although health information managers play a supportive role in coding tasks, the primary responsibility and authority for code assignment rests with physicians. Thus, code assignment should be prioritised to monitor physiciansā level of awareness and improve their familiarity with PSI codes and POA indicators. At the same time, it is imperative to establish detailed training and guidelines for accurately entering PSI codes and POA indicators. While South Korea has somewhat established guidelines and training for POA indicators [21], such resources for PSI codes are notably absent. Given the diminished effectiveness of POA indicators without accurate PSI codes entered, developing targeted guidelines and training programmes for PSI codes should be a top priority.
Given the notable variability in the accuracy of PSI codes and POA indicators across South Korean hospitals, it may be beneficial for hospitals to adopt diverse evaluation metrics for assessing the precision of PSI codes and POA indicators [22]. At the most basic level, the presence of staff specifically tasked with managing PSI codes and POA indicators should be checked, including their completion of necessary training. Additionally, whether the hospitals conduct their own audits to improve the accuracy of PSI codes and POA indicators should be checked. Ultimately, hospitals need to implement outcome metrics that gauge the utilization of PSI codes or the precision of āYā or āNā tagging for POA indicators [8, 10]. The Healthcare Quality Evaluation Grant Initiative, a pay-for-performance model, is already making strides towards improving the assessment of POA indicators [23]. However, there is a pressing need to bolster the evaluation framework for PSI codes. Moreover, offering incentives based on the outcomes of these accuracy evaluations could significantly elevate the importance placed on PSI codes and POA indicators in hospital settings.
This study has several limitations. First, the participation of only a select number of hospitals in the PSII, specifically regional public hospitals, may not allow our findings to accurately reflect the full spectrum of healthcare providers in South Korea. Subsequent studies are needed to assess the accuracy of PSI codes and POA indicators across a more diverse array of healthcare institutions, including university hospitals and nursing facilities.
Second, this studyās analysis was confined to verifying the presence of major AE-related diagnosis codes and their respective PSI codes. A more accurate assessment of PSI codes and POA indicators will require a concordance check between more specific AE types and corresponding PSI codes. Given these limitations, the likelihood of overestimating the accuracy of PSI codes reported in this study cannot be ruled out. Follow-up research should focus on examining the presence of PSI codes based on more specific characteristics of AEs.
Finally, variables related to accuracy of the PSI codes and POA indicators could not be identified. Although Pearsonās correlation coefficient was used, statistically significant results were not confirmed. While the accuracy of PSI codes and POA indicators is expected to be affected by individual medical institutionsā coding practices and audit procedures, such information was not available in this study. In future research, it is necessary to explore factors that affect the accuracy of PSI codes and POA indicators.
Conclusion
In this study, we analysed diagnosis codes and POA indicators for patients with confirmed AEs using PSII data to assess their accuracy. Ensuring the precision of PSI codes and POA indicators is essential to effectively leverage administrative data to gauge patient safety status. However, our findings indicate that the accuracy of PSI codes and POA indicators in South Korean hospitals is not at an optimal level. Furthermore, we observed considerable variability in accuracy among the hospitals involved in the PSII. This variability underscores the need for targeted efforts to enhance the accuracy of PSI codes and POA indicators in individual hospitals and for more rigorous evaluations at the national level. The lack of comprehensive research on the accuracy of PSI codes and POA indicators across many countries worldwide, including South Korea, could be mitigated by undertaking similar studies in other countries using the methodology employed in this study.
Availability of data and materials
The datasets used and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
Abbreviations
- PSIs:
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Patient safety incidents
- KCD-7:
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Korean Standard Classification of Disease, Version 7
- POA:
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Present-on-admission; PSII: Patient Safety Incidents Inquiry
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Members of PLOCC participated in the writing of the manuscript for this study. PLOCC is Koreaās leading non-profit patient safety research institute (https://www.withps.kr/).
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This work was supported by research grants from the Korea Institute for Healthcare Accreditation (no grant number) and Chung-Ang University in 2023. The funders had no role in the studyās design, data collection and analysis, the decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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Conceptualization: Jeehee Pyo, Eun Young Choi, Seung Kyoung Jang, Won Lee, Minsu Ock. Data curation:Ā Jeehee Pyo, Eun Young Choi, Minsu Ock. Formal analysis: Eun Young Choi, Minsu Ock. Methodology: Minsu Ock. Project administration: Eun Young Choi, Minsu Ock. Supervision: Minsu Ock. Visualization: Jeehee Pyo, Eun Young Choi. Writing ā original draft: Jeehee Pyo, Eun Young Choi, Minsu Ock. Writing ā review & editing: Jeehee Pyo, Eun Young Choi, Seung Kyoung Jang, Won Lee, Minsu Ock.
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Pyo, J., Choi, E.Y., Jang, S.G. et al. Accuracy assessment of patient safety incident (PSI) codes and present-on-admission (POA) indicators: a cross-sectional analysis using the Patient Safety Incidents Inquiry (PSII) in Korea. BMC Health Serv Res 24, 755 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11210-w
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