Interesting that some people believe everyone is deliberately fiddling mortality stats. http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/mar/16/fiddle-nhs-figures-criminal … lots just getting it wrong
@mulberrybush Good job it's going to be made a crime then Diana, considering how life-critical this is. Ignorance will be no defence then...
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@C7RKY It is in jobs like this that we really miss the audit commission. needs a systematic review of the way people are doing this & why -
@mulberrybush To be honest, I'm appalled that this wasn't done right from the outset. Not like it isn't kind of important or anything... :-/ -
@C7RKY My view of the history of this is that it was not a clear decision > more a slow insinuation. A bit like grandmothers footsteps!
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@C7RKY the information I have from a number of different coders is that Doctors are not trained on how to code so huge variation in quality -
@mulberrybush This is where medical self-regulation is shown to be an abject failure. Should have been discovered & fixed within 1st month!
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@C7RKY@mulberrybush < services provided not clinical care. Not just Drs either - I do letters & pick best guess diagnosis.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@C7RKY@mulberrybush < Coding usually done at discharge letter then notes sent away to coding managers. Concerns payments from DoH for >Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@C7RKY@mulberrybush Coding is not life-critical. It's picking from a list of what the pt was admitted with. Treatment isn't based on it.>Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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