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  • Andrea Gall
  • August 18, 2021

Latest from HIMJ

HIMJ has recently published one On-line First article. A brief summary is provided below… 

 

Letter to the Editor  Transition from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM/PCS in Portugal: An heterogeneous implementation with potential data implications 

 

João Vasco Santos, Ricardo Novo, Júlio Souza, Fernando Lopes, Alberto Freitas 

August 16, 2021 | OnlineFirst 

In their letter to the Editor, the authors discuss the transition process from ICD-9-CM after almost three decades of use in Portugal, to ICD-10-DM/PCS. They raise concerns about the impact on coded data during the transition process, arising from heterogeneity among hospitals regarding clinical coding practices, and differences in the resources, documents and tools used and abstracted during the clinical coding process. Their purpose is to alert users of Portuguese hospital morbidity data impacted during the transition, and recommend strategies for improved future transitions. 

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