Coding practice in national and regional kidney biopsy registries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Kidney biopsy registries all over the world benefit research, teaching and health policy. Comparison, aggregation and exchange of data is however greatly dependent on how registration and coding of kidney biopsy diagnoses are performed. This paper gives an overview over kidney biopsy registries, explores how these registries code kidney disease and identifies needs for improvement of coding practice.

Methods

A literature search was undertaken to identify biopsy registries for medical kidney diseases. These data were supplemented with information from personal contacts and from registry websites. A questionnaire was sent to all identified registries, investigating age of registries, scope, method of coding, possible mapping to international terminologies as well as

SUBMITTER: Dendooven A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8146626 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature