Accuracy of external cause-of-injury coding in VA polytrauma patient discharge records

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 689-698

  Carlson, Kathleen F ^a,b   Nugent, Sean M ^a   Grill, Joseph ^a   Sayer, Nina A ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Causes of injury; E codes; Hospital discharge records; Icd codes; Injury surveillance; Medical records; Missing data; Rehabilitation; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA; CAUSES OF INJURY; E-CODES; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE RECORDS; ICD CODES; INJURY SURVEILLANCE; MEDICAL RECORD; MISSING DATA; REHABILITATION; VETERANS;

HOSPITALS; PATIENT MONITORING; POPULATION STATISTICS;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; FALLING; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CENTER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VETERAN;

ADULT; CLINICAL CODING; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RECORDS AS TOPIC; REHABILITATION CENTERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78449313432     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2009.08.0118     Document Type: Article

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