title: Mesenteric venous thrombosis: ten year record review and evaluation of difficulties with the ICD coding system.
abstract: A 10-year retrospective review of mesenteric venous thrombosis was accomplished in one metropolitan city. This paper discusses 14 patients with a confirmed diagnosis of mesenteric venous thrombosis. This review also yielded an important realization of an inadequacy of the International Classification of Diseases, 9th edition in coding for mesenteric venous thrombosis. This paper discusses this difficulty in the International Classification of Diseases.
authors.affiliation: Ellsworth AFB, Rapid City, SD.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Picardi
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Peoples
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000145:classification* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008642:Mesenteric Veins; D008875:Middle Aged; D009820:Ohio / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000145:classification* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014505:Urban Population