Charlson Comorbid coding (pre ICD10)
The Charlson Comorbid score is calculated by different functions in different parts of CCMDB.
SAS coding macro comorbid3
The statistician has a SAS macro called "comorbid3" that calculates the score for data after import.
CCMBD.mdb
queries
- s_charlson_score
calls
- s_charlson__combined
which uses
- s_charlson_adm - list of scores for the highest-scoring admit dx per charlson category
- s_charlson_como - list of scores for the highest-scoring comorbid dx per charlson category
function Charlson_score_function
The function Charlson_score_function (Pat_ID) in CCMDB.mdb will return the Charlson Score for a patient. It will do this by comparing the contents of L_Como and the table s charlson dxs, using queries s_charlson_dx and s_charlson_score.