Clinical Coders' Perspectives on Pressure Injury Coding in Acute Care Services in Victoria, Australia.

ABSTRACT: Pressure injuries (PIs) substantively impact quality of care during hospital stays, although only when they are severe or acquired as a result of the hospital stay are they reported as quality indicators. Globally, researchers have repeatedly highlighted the need to invest more in quality improvement, risk assessment, prevention, early detection, and care for PI to avoid the higher costs associated with treatment of PI. Coders' perspectives on quality assurance of the clinical coded PI data have never been investigated. This study aimed to explore challenges that hospital coders face in accurately coding and reporting PI data and subsequently, explore reasons why data sources may vary in their reporting of PI data. This article is based upon data collected as part of a multi-phase collabor

SUBMITTER: Weller CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9198603 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature