International Classification of Diseases clinical coding training: An international survey

Lucia Otero Varela; Chelsea Doktorchik; Natalie Wiebe; Danielle A Southern; Søren Knudsen; Pallavi Mathur; Hude Quan; Cathy A Eastwood

doi:10.1177/18333583221106509

International Classification of Diseases clinical coding training: An international survey

Lucia Otero Varela
, Chelsea Doktorchik
, Natalie Wiebe
, Danielle A Southern
, Søren Knudsen
, Pallavi Mathur
, Hude Quan
, Cathy A Eastwood

University of Calgary

Research output: Journal Article or Conference Article in Journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

Abstract

The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is widely used by clinical coders worldwide for clinical coding morbidity data into administrative health databases. Accordingly, hospital data quality largely depends on the coders’ skills acquired during ICD training, which varies greatly across countries.

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Journal	Health information management : journal of the Health Information Management Association of Australia
ISSN	1322-4913
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/18333583221106509
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2022

Keywords

international classification of diseases
clinical coding
health information management
education
data accuracy
data quality

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International Classification of Diseases clinical coding training: An international survey. / Otero Varela, Lucia; Doktorchik, Chelsea; Wiebe, Natalie et al.
In: Health information management : journal of the Health Information Management Association of Australia, 01.07.2022.

Research output: Journal Article or Conference Article in Journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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