Reliability of diagnoses coding with ICD-10

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-57

  Stausberg, Jürgen ^a   Lehmann, Nils ^a   Kaczmarek, Dirk ^b   Stein, Markus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Sankt Marien Hospital Buer Gelsenkirchen   (Germany)

^c Department of Rheumatology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coding; Data quality; Diagnoses; Diagnosis related groups; ICD 10; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ENCODING (SYMBOLS); HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; STUDENTS;

DATA QUALITY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUPS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING;

DIAGNOSIS;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; KAPPA STATISTICS; MANAGER; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; GERMANY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 36348995303     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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