Abstract：
:International Classification of Diseases coding of patient charts is used by hospitals to allow for billing of patients. Coding information also is used for assessing physician effectiveness. The purpose of the current study was to examine hospital coding for patients having total hip arthroplasty. One hundred consecutive primary total hip replacements were done at one medical center by two orthopaedic surgeons. Patient charts were coded by hospital coders according to the Health Care Finance Administration guidelines. Subsequently, an orthopaedist-based team did a secondary review of these charts and the two sets of codes were compared. The diagnostic codes were similar between the two groups for 87% (174 of 200 codes) of the cases. Comorbidities generally were undercoded by the hospital coders who reported 2.9 comorbidities per patient, whereas the secondary review reported 3.7 comorbidities per patient. The hospital coders found a complication rate of 1.2 per patient, whereas the secondary review revealed a rate of 0.4 per patient. Based on the results of the current study, the authors conclude that it is important to ensure three issues regarding the standard of coding and quality control: (1) the qualifications of the coders; (2) an interaction between coders and healthcare professionals to check that coding is accurate and reproducible; and (3) communication among various health professionals (including the primary surgeon) and coders to determine what actually are appropriate diagnoses, comorbidities, and complications.
journal_name
Clin Orthop Relat Resjournal_title
Clinical orthopaedics and related researchauthors
Mears SC,Bawa M,Pietryak P,Jones LC,Rajadhyaksha AD,Hungerford DS,Mont MAdoi
10.1097/00003086-200209000-00014subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2002-09-01 00:00:00pages
164-70issue
402eissn
0009-921Xissn
1528-1132pub_type
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journal_title：Clinical orthopaedics and related research
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journal_title：Clinical orthopaedics and related research
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinical orthopaedics and related research
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journal_title：Clinical orthopaedics and related research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinical orthopaedics and related research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
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journal_title：Clinical orthopaedics and related research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
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journal_title：Clinical orthopaedics and related research
pub_type： 杂志文章
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journal_title：Clinical orthopaedics and related research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1097/00003086-197511000-00013
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journal_title：Clinical orthopaedics and related research
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journal_title：Clinical orthopaedics and related research
pub_type： 杂志文章
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journal_title：Clinical orthopaedics and related research
pub_type： 杂志文章
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journal_title：Clinical orthopaedics and related research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1097/00003086-197711000-00042
更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinical orthopaedics and related research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinical orthopaedics and related research
pub_type： 传,古典文章,历史文章,杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinical orthopaedics and related research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinical orthopaedics and related research
pub_type： 杂志文章
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1097/00003086-199611000-00033
更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinical orthopaedics and related research
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doi：
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journal_title：Clinical orthopaedics and related research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinical orthopaedics and related research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
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journal_title：Clinical orthopaedics and related research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinical orthopaedics and related research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinical orthopaedics and related research
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinical orthopaedics and related research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinical orthopaedics and related research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinical orthopaedics and related research
pub_type： 杂志文章
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journal_title：Clinical orthopaedics and related research
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