Shifts in national rates of inpatient prolapse surgery emphasize current coding inadequacies

Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 204-208

  Bradley, Sarah L ^a   Weidner, Alison C ^a   Siddiqui, Nazema Y ^a   Gandhi, Mihir P ^b,c   Wu, Jennifer M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SINGAPORE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Pelvic organ prolapse; Surgical procedures; Trends

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS;

CLINICAL PRACTICES; INCIDENCE RATE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE; ON CURRENTS; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

SURGERY;

EID: 80053011234     PISSN: 21518378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SPV.0b013e3182254cf1     Document Type: Article

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