在急诊部改进ICD编码:与使用头部和大脑损伤"未指明"代码相关的因素

Tracy Wharton1, Emily Hunt Costello, Alexis Peterson

  • 1National Network of Public Health Institutes, Washington, District of Columbia (Dr Wharton and Mss Costello, Bleser, and Bailey); and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Injury Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia (Dr Peterson and Ms Sarmiento).

概括

由于时间压力和电子医疗记录 (EMR) 默认值,急诊室医生经常使用未指明的创伤性脑损伤 (TBI) 代码. 改进的培训和EMR修改可以提高TBI编码特异性.