Look up CCS category descriptions

Usage

explain_ccs(ccs, detailed = FALSE)

Arguments

ccs: Vector of CCS codes to be explained. Can be a mix of diagnosis and/or procedure CCS groups.
detailed: Single logical value which indicates if more details should be returned. The default is FALSE, in which case only the description of the CCS category is returned. If set to TRUE, it will return a list of named character vectors

Examples

# Explain the CCS for diagnosis categories
explain_ccs("DX37")
#> [1] "Hodgkin`s disease"

# The same function works for procedures
explain_ccsr("PR28")
#> Warning: No CCSR category found for PR28
#> NULL

# Vectorized using `mutate()`
library(dplyr)
dplyr::tibble(
  CCS = c("DX37", "PR28", "PR-5.6", "DX-9.6.3"),
  Type = c("DX", "PR", "PR", "DX")) %>%
mutate(explained = explain_ccs(CCS))
#> # A tibble: 4 × 3
#>   CCS      Type  explained                                                      
#>   <chr>    <chr> <chr>                                                          
#> 1 DX37     DX    Hodgkin`s disease                                              
#> 2 PR28     PR    Plastic procedures on nose                                     
#> 3 PR-5.6   PR    Other non-OR therapeutic procedures on nose; mouth and pharynx…
#> 4 DX-9.6.3 DX    Intestinal obstruction without hernia [145.]