Accuracy of international classification of diseases, ninth revision, clinical modification billing codes for common ophthalmic conditions

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 119-120

  Muir, Kelly W ^a   Gupta, Chirag ^b   Gill, Prakriti ^d   Stein, Joshua D ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CATARACT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE DISEASE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; LASER COAGULATION; LETTER; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ACCURACY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIMARY GLAUCOMA; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; CLASSIFICATION; CODING; ECONOMICS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HOSPITAL CHARGE; INSURANCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MULTICENTER STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CATARACT; CLINICAL CODING; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE DISEASES; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84872290965     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2013.577     Document Type: Letter

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