Author/Editor		Albreht, Tit
Title		Analiza skladnosti odpustnih diagnoz z mednarodno klasifikacijo bolezni, 9. revizija in ustreznosti kodiranja le-teh na internističnih in pljučnih oddelkih nekaterih slovenskih bolnišnic
Translated title		Analysis of the compatibility of discharge diagnosis with the international classification of diseases, 9th revision, and the adequacy of their coding at internal medicine and pulmonary departments of some Slovenian hospitals
Type		monografija
Place		Ljubljana
Publisher		Medicinska fakulteta
Publication year		1997
Volume		str. 31
Language		slo
Abstract		Coding of discharge diagnoses is a standardised translated form of the (main) discharge diagnosis. The joint analysis of the data on treated patients is important because of: planning of hospital facilities in a certain specialty, analysis of extent of the services delivered and their quality. Since aggregated data are processed for the needs of epidemiologic analyses, it is essential to be very accurate in coding. That way the quality of key data on hospitalised patients is also ensured. Errors of coding are damaging first for the department where they were committed and then also since they deviate the data on national pathology. In the systems of health insurance where financing of hospitals is connected to diagnoses' coding, errors can have also financial consequences for both, the provider and the payer of services.
Descriptors		HOSPITALIZATION PATIENT DISCHARGE LENGTH OF STAY INTERNAL MEDICINE DIAGNOSIS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SLOVENIA