Reliability of ICD-10 external cause of death codes in the National Coroners Information System

Health Information Management Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 16-26

  Bugeja, Lyndal ^b   Clapperton, Angela J ^b   Killian, Jessica J ^a   Stephan, Karen L ^a   Ozanne Smith, Joan ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cause of death; Coroners and medical examiners; ICD 10; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CODING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONER; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL CODING; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VICTORIA;

EID: 78650553831     PISSN: 18333583     EISSN: 18333575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/183335831003900303     Document Type: Review

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