icd9PoaChoices: present-on-admission flags

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Description

Present-on-admission (POA) is not simply true or false. It can be one of a number of indeterminate values, including NA, or "Y" or "N". "Present-on-arrival" in this context will mean a positive "Y" flag and nothing else. Other interpretations are to include all ICD-9 codes not flagged 'N': but this would include many unknowns. Conversely, when looking for definite new diagnoses, we should only find 'N' flagged codes, and ignore anything marked "Y" or indeterminate. This gives four options: poa == "Y" , poa == "N", poa != "N" , poa != "Y".

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Format

An object of class character of length 4.


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