For selected categories of obstetric complication diagnoses, use of composite sets of ICD-9-CM codes may be a valid method to identify patients within these complication categories.
A threshold MOD of 5 cm on pelvic ultrasound may be useful to rule out ovarian torsion in postmenarchal females presenting with lower abdominal and pelvic pain.
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