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This cohort was also identified in the Pediatric Health Information System to calculate\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"no\">International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision<\/jats:italic>\n                      (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"no\">ICD\u201010<\/jats:italic>\n                      ) code sensitivity and specificity.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec xml:lang=\"en\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p xml:lang=\"en\">\n                      Of 4431 patients post\u2010cardiac surgery, 67 (1.5%) were CYFC. Compared with non\u2010CYFC, CYFC had lower Child Opportunity Index scores (median 61 versus 72,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"no\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      =0.016) and were more likely to be Black and have Medicaid coverage. When adjusting for clinical variables, CYFC had higher mortality (adjusted odds ratio, 2.7 [95% CI, 1.0\u20136.9]), readmissions (adjusted incidence rate ratio, 1.24 [95% CI, 1.04\u20131.48]), and total hospital days (adjusted exponentiated coefficient, 1.54 [95% CI, 1.13\u20132.15]). Including Child Opportunity Index scores, payer, and race variably affected associations with long\u2010term outcomes. Only 16\/67 (24%) CYFC were correctly coded in the Pediatric Health Information System, yielding sensitivity of 24% and specificity of 100%.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec xml:lang=\"en\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p xml:lang=\"en\">CYFC with heart disease have adverse long\u2010term outcomes and greater hospital resource use. 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