icd_search

Search ICD-10-GM labels for a string

Provides convenient access to the German modification of the International Classification of Diagnoses, 10th revision (ICD-10-GM). It provides functionality to aid in the identification, specification and historisation of ICD-10 codes. Its intended use is the analysis of routinely collected data in the context of epidemiology, medical research and health services research. The underlying metadata are released by the German Institute for Medical Documentation and Information <https://www.dimdi.de>, and are redistributed in accordance with their license.

Ewan Donnachie

ICD10gm

Metadata Processing for the German Modification of the ICD-10
Coding System

icd_search function

<dl><dt>pattern</dt>
<dd>String to search for (character object of length 1)</dd>
<dt>level</dt>
<dd>Maximum level of the ICD-10 hierarchy to search. level = 3 will search ohne 3-digit codes, level = 4 all 3 and 4 digit codes, level = 5 will search through all codes.</dd>
<dt>year</dt>
<dd>Year in which to search (Default: most recent year available)</dd>
<dt>ignore.case</dt>
<dd>Should the search be case insensitive? (Default: TRUE)</dd>
<dt>...</dt>
<dd>Further parameters passed to <code>agrep</code></dd></dl>

Arguments

Search ICD-10-GM labels for a string — icd_search

<dl>

<dt>pattern</dt>
<dd>String to search for (character object of length 1)</dd>


<dt>level</dt>
<dd>Maximum level of the ICD-10 hierarchy to search. level = 3 will search ohne 3-digit codes, level = 4 all 3 and 4 digit codes, level = 5 will search through all codes.</dd>


<dt>year</dt>
<dd>Year in which to search (Default: most recent year available)</dd>


<dt>ignore.case</dt>
<dd>Should the search be case insensitive? (Default: TRUE)</dd>


<dt>...</dt>
<dd>Further parameters passed to <code>agrep</code></dd>

</dl>

icd_search: Search ICD-10-GM labels for a string

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