A multicenter, prospective evaluation of the Chinese Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis Scoring System for disseminated intravascular coagulation.

•The diagnostic rates for DIC from the three scoring systems varied with different illnesses.•The rates of concordance in the diagnosis of DIC between the CDSS and other two scoring systems were close to 80%.•When the ISTH, JMHW and prognosis was used as the gold standard, the AUC for CDSS had a slight advantage over the two others.•The CDSS DIC was an independent predictor of mortality, and the CDSS score may reflect DIC severity.