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Unite the 20 record columns from MCOD dataframe into a single column

Source: R/unite_records.R
unite_records.Rd

This function collapses the 20 contributory cause columns into a single column for easier regex'ing. ICD-9 dataframes will also get appropriate prefixes before collapsing.

Usage

unite_records(icd_df, year = NULL)

Arguments

icd_df

an ICD dataframe

year

the year of this dataframe – if NULL, will attempt to detect

Value

dataframe

Examples

df <- data.frame(
    year = 2019,
    record_1 = c("X42", "I250"),
    record_2 = c("T401", "")
)
unite_records(df, year = 2019)
#>   year f_records_all
#> 1 2019      X42 T401
#> 2 2019          I250