Coding medical concepts: A controlled experiment with a computerized coding tool

Medical Informatics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 199-206

  Hohnloser, J H ^a   Purner F ^a   Kadlec, P ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coding medical concepts; Electronic patient record; ICD 9 diagnosis; Quality of documentation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CODING; COMPUTER NETWORK; DATA BASE; ERROR; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSICIAN; TIME;

EID: 80052068250     PISSN: 03077640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14639239609025357     Document Type: Article

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