Validity of procedure codes in international classification of diseases, 9th revision, clinical modification administrative data

Medical Care

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 801-809

  Quan, Hude ^a   Parsons, Gerry A ^b   Ghali, William A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Quality Improvement and Health Information   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Canada; Procedure; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOCUMENTATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; STANDARD; SURGERY; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALBERTA; CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DOCUMENTATION; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICAL RECORDS DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 4043056671     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000132391.59713.0d     Document Type: Article

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