Authors: Volker Winkler Jördis J Ott Heiko Becher
Publish Date: 2009/07/28
Volume: 55, Issue: 1, Pages: 43-48
Abstract
Only 209 56 deaths were coded with the same 3digit ICD10 code Agreement of the main chapters according to ICD10 is higher with 782 and a kappa statistic of 069 CI 95 063–075 Examples show that the coding rules correctly applied to the information given on the death certificates may lead to different conclusions
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