Call for consistent coding in diabetes mellitus using the Royal College of General Practitioners and NHS pragmatic classification of diabetes

Call for consistent coding in diabetes mellitus using the Royal College of General Practitioners and NHS pragmatic classification of diabetes

<p><strong>Background</strong> The prevalence of diabetes is increasing with growing levels of obesity and an aging population. New practical guidelines for diabetes provide an applicable classification. Inconsistent coding of diabetes hampers the use of computerised disease regist...

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Main Authors: Simon de Lusignan, Khaled Sadek, Helen McDonald, Pete Horsfield, Norah Hassan Sadek, Aumran Tahir, Terry Desombre, Kamlesh Khunti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT 2013-03-01
Series:Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics
Subjects:
data quality
diabetes mellitus
medical records systems computerised
records as topic
vocabulary controlled
medical informatics
Online Access:http://hijournal.bcs.org/index.php/jhi/article/view/31

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