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...
| Publicado en: | Perspectives in Health Information Management pp. 1 - 13 |
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| Autores principales: | , , , , , |
| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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American Health Information Management Association
Spring2019
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