Coding mechanisms for main condition in ICD-11

Countries have been routinely abstracting health data from hospital charts and coding conditions using ICD-10. A main condition must be assigned to each admission. However, the definition of main condition is inconsistent across countries, and may be based on (1) the initial reason for admission; (2...

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Published in:	BMC medical informatics and decision making Vol. 21; no. Suppl 6; pp. 387 - 6
Main Authors:	Quan, Hude, Steinum, Olafr, Southern, Danielle A., Ghali, William A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 10.07.2025 BioMed Central Ltd Springer Nature B.V BMC
Subjects:	Abdomen Clinical coding Clinical Coding - standards Coding Diabetes Documentation Health Informatics Heart attacks Heart failure Hospital care Hospitals Humans Hypertension Information Systems and Communication Service International classification of diseases International Classification of Diseases - standards Main condition Management of Computing and Information Systems Medical research Medicine Medicine & Public Health Medicine, Experimental Methods Patients Preventive medicine Review Stroke Canada Main condition International classification of diseases Standards
ISSN:	1472-6947, 1472-6947
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