Coding and obesity: Room to grow

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 329-330

  Stephens, Mark B ^a  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Coding; Delivery of health care; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DATA EXTRACTION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OBESITY; PATIENT CODING; UNITED STATES;

BODY MASS INDEX; CLINICAL CODING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 79955848225     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2011.03.100200     Document Type: Article

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