Coding external causes of injury (E-codes) in Maryland hospital discharges 1979-88: A statewide study to explore the uncoded population

B. Marganitt; E. J. MacKenzie; G. S. Smith; A. M. Damiano

doi:10.2105/AJPH.80.12.1463

Coding external causes of injury (E-codes) in Maryland hospital discharges 1979-88: A statewide study to explore the uncoded population

B. Marganitt, E. J. MacKenzie, G. S. Smith, A. M. Damiano

Bloomberg School of Public Health

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We examined the trends in hospital discharge E-coding in Maryland over a 10-year period. The overall proportion of E-coded discharges has increased from 40 percent in 1979 to 55 percent in 1988. E-coding was lower in the severely injured, the elderly, and patients with long hospital stays. Our findings demonstrate that E-code reporting varies because of the limited number of data fields available for coding of discharge diagnoses. Universal, systematic reporting of E-codes in hospital discharge data is essential if these data are to provide critically needed information about nonfatal injuries. Hospital discharge data formats should contain separate fields for E-codes and the use of these codes, we believe, should be mandated.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1463-1466
Number of pages	4
Journal	American journal of public health
Volume	80
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.80.12.1463
State	Published - 1990

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