Children with Disabilities Algorithm

The Children with Disabilities Algorithm (CWDA) identifies International Classification of
Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (referred to hereafter as ICD-9-CM) codes that
were assessed by expert reviewers as having a 75% or greater likelihood of indicating
children with disabilities (CWD).

With this tool, it will be possible to identify children with a
high probability of having a disability in order to:
– Examine care quality delivered to CWD.
– Compare care quality delivered to CWD to that of children without disabilities.

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