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Table 5 Results of Final Step of Algorithm (Determining if a surgical case represents one of the four procedure/indication combinations of interest, with the condition as the primary indication for surgery)

From: Validation of an electronic coding algorithm to identify the primary indication of orthopedic surgeries from administrative data

Procedure/Primary Indication

Sensitivity (95% Confidence Interval)

Specificity (95% Confidence Interval)

Lumbar Spinal Surgery/Lumbar Herniated Disc

0.70 (0.56, 0.82)

0.96 (0.94, 0.98)

Lumbar Spinal Surgery/Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

0.76 (0.68, 0.83)

0.94 (0.91, 0.97)

Knee Arthroplasty/Knee Osteoarthritis

0.92 (0.86, 0.96)

0.99 (0.98, 1.00)

Hip Arthroplasty/Hip Osteoarthritis

0.84 (0.76, 0.90)

0.99 (0.98, 1.00)

  1. Note: “Exact” Clopper-Pearson Confidence Intervals are used