Modifying ICD-9-CM coding of secondary diagnoses to improve risk-adjustment of inpatient mortality rates

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-81

  Pine, Michael ^a,b,f   Jordan, Harmon S ^c,d   Elixhauser, Anne ^e   Fry, Donald E ^a   Hoaglin, David C ^c   Jones, Barbara ^a   Meimban, Roger ^a   Warner, David ^c   Gonzales, Junius ^c  

^a Michael Pine and Associates   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Data collection; Data sources; Hospital mortality; International classification of diseases; Medical records; Quality of health care; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL STUDY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CRANIOTOMY; DESCENDING AORTA SURGERY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES NINTH REVISION CLINICAL MODIFICATION CODES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PENNSYLVANIA; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 59549101827     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X08323297     Document Type: Article

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