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Table 3 Top nine most important features in the CaRT case definition

From: Development and validation of a case definition for problematic menopause in primary care electronic medical records

Feature

Code Description

Data type

Importance score

One ATC code G03CA (or any sub-codes)

Natural and semisynthetic estrogens

Medication

0.54534

Two ICD-9 codes 627 (or any sub-codes) in 24 months

Menopausal and postmenopausal disorders

Billing, encounter diagnosis or problem list

0.23344

Two ATC codes G03 (or any sub-codes)

Sex hormones and modulators of the genital system

Medication

0.07973

Two ATC codes G03CA (or any sub-codes)

Natural and semisynthetic estrogens

Medication

0.04548

Two instances of “menopausal” in free text

 

Billing, encounter diagnosis or problem list

0.03261

One code ATC code G03DA04

Progesterone

Medication

0.02862

Two ATC codes G03DA (or any sub-codes)

Pregnen (4) derivatives

Medication

0.01343

One instance of “postmenopausal” in free text

 

Billing, encounter diagnosis or problem list

0.01245

One ICD-9 code 627 (or any sub-codes)

Menopausal and postmenopausal disorders

Encounter diagnosis

0.00890

  1. ATC: Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) Classification;
  2. ICD-9: International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision;
  3. “Or any sub-codes” means all codes starting with the same characters (e.g., G03 (or any sub-codes) includes G03A, G03B, G03CA, G03DA04, etc.)