Challenges and opportunities with ICD-10-CM/PCS: implications for surgical research involving administrative data

Garth H Utter; Ginger L Cox; Pamela L Owens; Patrick S Romano

doi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.04.029

Challenges and opportunities with ICD-10-CM/PCS: implications for surgical research involving administrative data

J Am Coll Surg. 2013 Sep;217(3):516-26. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.04.029. Epub 2013 Jul 25.

Authors

Garth H Utter¹, Ginger L Cox, Pamela L Owens, Patrick S Romano

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA. garth.utter@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu

PMID: 23891069
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.04.029

No abstract available

Keywords: CM; CMS; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Clinical Modification; GEM; General Equivalence Mapping; HCFA; Health Care Financing Administration; NCHS; National Center for Health Statistics; PCS; Procedure Coding System.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Biomedical Research*
Humans
International Classification of Diseases*
Surgical Procedures, Operative*
United States
World Health Organization

Grants and funding

HHSA290201200001C/PHS HHS/United States