CHALLENGES OF USING ICD-9-CM AND ICD-10-CM CODES FOR SOFT-TISSUE SARCOMA IN DATABASES FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH.

Objectives: Soft-tissue sarcoma (STS) is a heterogeneous group of rare solid tumors that arise from various soft tissues in the body, such as muscle, fat, nerves, and blood vessels. Current International Classification of Diseases (ICD) coding systems include a set of nonspecific codes for malignanc...

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Published in:	Perspectives in Health Information Management pp. 1 - 13
Main Authors:	Hess, Lisa M., Yajun E. Zhu, Tomoko Sugihara, Yun Fang, Collins, Nicholas, Nicol, Steven
Format:	research Journal Article
Published:	American Health Information Management Association Spring2019
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