Do we have enough information? How ICD-10-am activity codes measure up

Health Information Management Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-34

  Soo, Irene Hoi Yen ^a   Lam, Mary K ^a   Rust, Julie ^a   Madden, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical coding; Data quality; Hospital administration data; ICD 10 am; International classification of diseases; Morbidity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; CODING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL RECORD; QUALITY CONTROL; SPORT INJURY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; AUSTRALIA; CAUSALITY; CLINICAL CODING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL RECORDS; QUALITY CONTROL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 63349093711     PISSN: 18333583     EISSN: 18333575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/183335830903800104     Document Type: Review

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