Accuracy of coding for cardiac catheterization and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty at a Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Journal of the American Health Information Management Association

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 64-70

  Mendelsohn, Aaron B ^a,b   Whittle, Jeff ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Univ's Sch of Hlth Info Mgmt

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT INFORMATION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0030045402     PISSN: 10605487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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