Coding of Acute Myocardial Infarction
Annals of Internal MedicinePublished 1 November 1988
Lisa I. Iezzoni, Susan Burnside, Laurie Sickles, Mark A. Moskowitz, Eric Sawitz, Paul A. Levine
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Cases with an inappropriate discharge diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction may be concentrated in teaching hospitals, and this finding could have implications for Medicare's diagnosis-related group payment system and governmental and other research efforts that use these data for such purposes as drawing inferences about the quality of hospital care.
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Cases with an inappropriate discharge diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction may be concentrated in teaching hospitals. This finding could have implications for Medicare's diagnosis-related group payment system and governmental and other research efforts that use these data for such purposes as drawing inferences about the quality of hospital care.
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