Quality of coding of diseases and medical proceduresat Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi County, Kenya
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2015-06Author
Kiongo, J G
Gichuhi, J Wanyoike
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Objective:
To find out the quality of coding of diseases and
medical procedures at Kenyatta National
Hospital (KNH), Nairobi, Kenya.
Design:
Cross-sectional descriptive study.
Setting
: Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
Subjects:
One hundred eighty four respondents
.
Results:
The study set to determine the quality of coding of
diseases and medical procedures at KNH. A
sample of 184 files was studied. The files were fro
m all specialties in the hospital. 150 (82%) files
were from
patients who were discharged from the hospital and
34(18% files were from deceased. The disease coding
was performed accurately in 89 % of the files. Most
of the miscoding arose as aresult of misintepretat
ion of
tne medical abbreviations. The disease reporting wa
acuurate in 91% of the cases. Non of the coders ha
d
training contrary to the World Health Organizatios
(WHO) recommendations.
Conclusion
The KNH has the responsibility to ensure that all t
he coders are trained as per WHO guidelines. The di
sease
coding and reporting should be accurate for plannin
g and for the resources allocation purposes. This
should be done in all healthcare institutions as co
ding transforms medical diagnosis and procedures in
to
universal medical code diagnosis.
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http://www.eijst.org.uk/images/frontImages/gallery/Vol._4_No._5/6._39-46.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11295/87218
Citation
Kiongo, J Gand Gichuhi, J Wanyoike (2015).Quality of coding of diseases and medical proceduresat Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi County, Kenya. eijst, 4(5);pp. 39-46Publisher
University of Nairobi
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