Coding of significant comorbidities and complications for stroke in rehabilitation.

Conclusion Not all stroke comorbidities are represented accurately in hospital morbidity datasets. Education of stroke clinicians about the current ACS may clarify expectations about medical record documentation for coding purposes which in turn may result in more accurate morbidity data and therefore costings for the rehabilitation sector. PMID: 28537208 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Health Information Management Journal - Category: Health Management Tags: HIM J Source Type: research