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pubmed:abstractText |
Hospital discharge diagnoses, coded by use of the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM), increasingly determine reimbursement and support quality monitoring. Prior studies of coding validity have investigated whether coding guidelines were met, not whether the clinical condition was actually present.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the Charles A Dana Research Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. Ellen_Mccarthy@caregroup.harvard.edu
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