Impact of documentation errors on accuracy of cause of death coding in an educational hospital in Southern Iran

Health Information Management Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 34-42

  Haghighi, Mohammad Hosein Hayavi ^a   Dehghani, Mohammad ^a   Teshnizi, Saeed Hosseini ^a   Mahmoodi, Hamid ^a  

^a HORMOZGAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cause of Death; Coding; Data Collection; Data Quality; Death Certificates; Hospital Records; ICD 10

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CODING; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; IRAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARDS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL CODING; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84937578624     PISSN: 18333583     EISSN: 18333575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12826/18333575.2013.0015.Haghighi     Document Type: Article

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