Table 2

Crosswalk of all case-finding criteria showing overlapping cases

PSN event typeCase-finding methodOverlapping events (N)
PSNPSIN-codeE-code
NNNN
A. Medication error (ICD-9-CM: E873, E850-858)1035293
B. Adverse drug reaction (not a medication error) (ICD-9-CM: 960-979, E930-E949)1376825010
C. Equipment/supplies (ICD-9-CM: 996, E874, E976.2)98502120
D. Fall (PSI 8)37332
E. Error related to procedure/treatment/test1234
Unintended laceration or puncture (PSI 15; ICD-9-CM: 998.2, E870)2328321205100
Foreign body in patient (PSI 5; ICD-9-CM: 998.4, E871)03280
F. Complication of procedure/treatment/test220
Wound dehiscence (PSI 14)110
Pulmonary embolism (PSI 12)12980
Anaesthesia events (PSI 1)2160
Birth trauma (PSI 17)1180
G. Transfusion32
 Transfusion reaction (PSI 16; ICD-9-CM: 999, E876.0)34800
H. Behavioural40
I. Skin integrity129
Pressure ulcer (PSI 3)71650
J. Care coordination/records87
K. Other/miscellaneous335
Total361383661202745105
  • Italics indicate subcategories of PSN in common with one or more case-finding methods.

  • Parentheses indicate common categories among case-finding tools.

  • E-code, ICD-9-CM external cause of injury; N-code, ICD-9-CM nature of injury; PSI, Patient Safety Indicators; PSN, Patient Safety Net.

  • – indicates no category.

  • See appendices for complete results from each case-finding tool.