The risk and consequences of clinical miscoding due to inadequate medical documentation: A case study of the impact on health services funding

Health Information Management Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-46

  Cheng, Ping ^a   Gilchrist, Annette ^b   Robinson, Kerin M ^a   Paul, Lindsay ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Case mix; Clinical audit; Clinical coding; Diagnosis related groups; Funding; Hospital administration; Hospitals; Medical errors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; CODING; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DOCUMENTATION; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; REIMBURSEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CLINICAL AUDIT; CLINICAL CODING; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; DOCUMENTATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, HOSPITAL; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VICTORIA;

EID: 63349106872     PISSN: 18333583     EISSN: 18333575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/183335830903800105     Document Type: Review

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