The Diabetes Complications Severity Index (DCSI) is a 13-point scale scored from automated diagnostic, pharmacy, and 
laboratory data to quantify the severity of complications and to pottentially better predict the risk of adverse outcomes. This tool is developed by researchers from University of Washington School of Medicine.
Since number of diabetic complications and its severity are associated with greater risk of mortality and hospitalizations, this Diabetes Complications Severity Index can be used as a tool for adjusting for baseline severity of disease in populations with diabetes. And this was the article aimed for, accordingly. It was developed from automated clinical baseline data of a primary care diabetes cohort and compared with a simple count of complications.
You will be described sections such as Development of the Severity Index, a table of Diabetes Complications Severity Index and List of Complications Developed from ICD-9 Codes and Laboratory Data (Retinopathy, Nephropathy, Neuropathy, Cerebrovascular, Cardiovascular, Peripheral vascular disease, Metabolic), and Comparison of Diabetes Complications Severity Index with Complications Count.
See more about Determine Severity of Diabetes Complications using Diabetes Complications Severity Index in this DCSI article of pdf filetype (source: ajmc.com).
