Objective To construct a list of quality scoring criteria for the attached sheet to the summary page of inpatient cases to achieve quantitative evaluation of the data quality.Methods It uses the Data Quality Management model of the American AHIMA as the evaluation framework to develop the list of data quality scoring criteria for the attached sheet,and score in Attached Sheet to the Summary Page of Inpatient Cases issued by the Hubei Provincial Health Commission as a demonstration.Results The average score of the 40 items in Attached Sheet to the Summary Page of Inpatient Casesis 6.725 out of 10.The main quality defects include that all items fail to clarify the person responsible for filling or the time limit for filling.In addition,some items are duplicated with the summary page(35%)or do not have a summary nature(40%).Conclusion Significant room exists for the improvement in the data quality of the attached sheet,especially in defining the person responsible and the time limit for filling in when setting up the items,making sure that the items supplement and extend the summary page,and applying effective quality control methods to the items.

Under the diagnosis-related groups(DRG) prospective payment system, innovative health technologies with high costs and risks may be limited to some extent. How to balance the increase of health care cost and the development of innovative health technology is a difficult problem to be solved in the current reform. By studying the relatively mature payment systems of innovative health technologies in the world, the authors found that countries generally adopted additional payment or compensation to encourage the development of new technologies. But at the same time, a relatively perfect health technology assessment and payment management mechanism had been established to ensure the standardized operation of payment plan. These international advanced experience and practice could provide references for China′s innovative health technology payment strategy under the DRG payment system. It is suggested to establish a scientific and reasonable assessment mechanism of innovative health technology, create a special access channel for innovative health technology with limited short-term evidence, and gradually form a long-term incentive mechanism of innovative health technology in DRG payment system.

Objective:To investigate the importance and clinical significance of breast reconstruction’s procedure classification and coding.Methods:By retrieving the medical record information system, the breast reconstruction cases with a diagnosis code (ICD-10) of C50 or Z85.3 and a procedure code (ICD-9-CM-3) of 85.33, 85.35, 85.53, 85.54, 85.55, 85.7, 85.95, or 85.96 were collected from Wuhan Union Hospital from Jan. 2016 to Dec. 2019. The reconstruction techniques and timing of the cases were counted according to the clinical procedure names in the operation notes and to the ICD codes verified by the content from operation notes and progress notes, respectively. The results were compared and analyzed by chi-square test with P<0.05 indicating statistically significant difference. Results:A total of 108 cases were included in the study. The difference between clinical procedure names and ICD codes regarding the reconstruction techniques is statistically significant ( P<0.05) with 51 clinical procedure naming ambiguities (47.2%) i. e., the names do not precisely indicate the reconstruction techniques. Similarly, the difference between clinical procedure names and ICD codes regarding the reconstruction timing is statistically significant ( P<0.05) with 29 clinical procedure name errors (26.9%). i. e., the reconstruction timing in the name does not correspond to its counterpart in reality. Conclusions:The clinical procedure names cannot accurately tell the reconstruction techniques or the timing of the procedure, affecting the correctness of the procedure coding and the diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) result. We suggest the reconstruction surgeons to learn some procedure classification and coding knowledge in a timely manner in order to enhance the correctness of the procedure names and coding and to get adapt to the medical insurance payment reform based on CHS-DRG.

Objective:To investigate the importance and clinical significance of breast reconstruction’s procedure classification and coding.Methods:By retrieving the medical record information system, the breast reconstruction cases with a diagnosis code (ICD-10) of C50 or Z85.3 and a procedure code (ICD-9-CM-3) of 85.33, 85.35, 85.53, 85.54, 85.55, 85.7, 85.95, or 85.96 were collected from Wuhan Union Hospital from Jan. 2016 to Dec. 2019. The reconstruction techniques and timing of the cases were counted according to the clinical procedure names in the operation notes and to the ICD codes verified by the content from operation notes and progress notes, respectively. The results were compared and analyzed by chi-square test with P<0.05 indicating statistically significant difference. Results:A total of 108 cases were included in the study. The difference between clinical procedure names and ICD codes regarding the reconstruction techniques is statistically significant ( P<0.05) with 51 clinical procedure naming ambiguities (47.2%) i. e., the names do not precisely indicate the reconstruction techniques. Similarly, the difference between clinical procedure names and ICD codes regarding the reconstruction timing is statistically significant ( P<0.05) with 29 clinical procedure name errors (26.9%). i. e., the reconstruction timing in the name does not correspond to its counterpart in reality. Conclusions:The clinical procedure names cannot accurately tell the reconstruction techniques or the timing of the procedure, affecting the correctness of the procedure coding and the diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) result. We suggest the reconstruction surgeons to learn some procedure classification and coding knowledge in a timely manner in order to enhance the correctness of the procedure names and coding and to get adapt to the medical insurance payment reform based on CHS-DRG.