Term: Chronic Condition Indicator (CCI)

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2024-08-29

Definition:

The Chronic Condition Indicator (CCI) is a tool developed by Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) and sponsored by the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) that classifies ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes into chronic and non-chronic conditions.

Related concepts 

• Chronic disease ICD codes crosswalk

Links 

• Chronic Condition Indicator (CCI) for ICD-9-CM - HCUP website

References 

• Hamad AF, Vasylkiv V, Yan L, Sanusi R, Ayilara O, Delaney JA, Wall-Wieler E, Jozani MJ, Hu P, Banerji S, Lix LM. Mapping three versions of the international classification of diseases to categories of chronic conditions. Int J Popul Data Sci 2021;6(1):1406. [Abstract] (View)