Charts versus Discharge ICD-10 Coding for Sternal Wound Infection Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

BACKGROUND: Sternal wound infection (SWI) in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) can carry a significant risk of morbidity and mortality. The objective of this work is to describe the methods used to identify cases of SWI in an administrative database and to demonstrate the ef...

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Published in:Perspect Health Inf Manag
Main Authors: Southern, Danielle A., Doherty, Christopher, De Souza, Michael A., Quan, Hude, Harrop, A. Robertson, Nickerson, Duncan, Rabi, Doreen
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Health Information Management Association 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4558482/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26396556
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