ICD-10 coding: Poor identification of recreational drug presentations to a large emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 387-389

  Wood, David M ^a   Conran, Pamela ^a   Dargan, Paul I ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECREATIONAL DRUG;

ARTICLE; CODING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG INTOXICATION; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 79954989605     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.088344     Document Type: Article

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