UHDDS

I was trying to find the latest info on the uniform hospital discharge data set (UHDDS) from the National Committee on Vital Health and Statistics (NCVHS). The NCVHS website search was not very helpful, but there is a “Core Health Data Elements Report” from 1996. I remember the 1992 revision and still have the [...]

Drug-induced liver injury (DILI)

Apparently drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is difficult to find using administrative data. This study looked at DILI due to amoxicillin/clavulanic acid, phenytoin, valproic acid, and isoniazid. Coders need to be aware of DILI since the study tried three different methods to identify cases and had very few hits. I think that a greater emphasis on [...]

IT and Carr

(this old post got lost in the import from blogspot)Just finished the follow-up article by Nicholas Carr, The End of Corporate Computing. I like the concept – IT as a utility, just like electricity at the turn of the 20th century. His earlier article, IT Doesn’t Matter sets the stage for what should be a [...]

ICD-10-CM

Just saw the March AHIMA article – not sure if it should read ICD-10 or ICD-11. With ICD-11 due in a few years, I would favor the move from “9″ to “11″. Start now, finish strong.