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icd9 (version 0.5)

icd9DecimalToShort: convert between icd9 decimal and short formats

Description

converted decimal ICD9 code, e.g. 123.45 to 'short' e.g. 12345 non-decimal format

Usage

icd9DecimalToShort(icd9Decimal, invalidAction = icd9InvalidActions)

Arguments

icd9Decimal
character vector of ICD-9 codes. If fewer than five characters is given in a code, then the digits are greedily assigned to hundreds, then tens, then units, before the decimal parts. E.g. "10" becomes "010", not "0010"
invalidAction
character string (unit length) containing one of: "ignore", "silent", "warn", "stop"

- ignore no check for validity of ICD-9 code is made implicitly. This is the fastest option. If the function call is explicitly to check validity, e

Value

  • character vector of converted ICD-9 codes

See Also

Other ICD-9 convert: icd9DropLeadingZeroes, icd9DropLeadingZeroesDecimal, icd9DropLeadingZeroesMajor, icd9DropLeadingZeroesShort; icd9MajMinToDecimal, icd9MajMinToParts, icd9MajMinToShort, icd9PartsRecompose, icd9PartsToDecimal, icd9PartsToDecimal, icd9PartsToShort, icd9PartsToShort; icd9ShortToDecimal