BACKGROUND:Autophagy,as a key regulatory mechanism of cell development,plays an important role in different stages of embryonic development.The mechanism of how autophagy regulates embryonic development through histone modifications is currently unclear.OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of autophagy on trimethylation of lysine 4 on histone H3(H3K4me3)modification in embryos and its effect on embryonic development.METHODS:Mouse fertilized eggs were divided into control and autophagy inhibitor-treated groups(chloroquine phosphate-treated group and 3-methyladenine-treated group),and cultured in vitro to different periods of time,and were then classified as early 2-cell embryos,middle 2-cell embryos,late 2-cell embryos,4-cell embryos,8-cell embryos,morula stage,and blastocyst stage.Levels of reactive oxygen species,autophagy marker proteins LC3B and P62,DNA loss marker γH2AX,and H3K4me3 were analyzed by immunofluorescence assay in late 2-cell embryos of each group.Changes in H3K4me3 modification in late 2-cell embryos of each group were detected by CUT&Tag.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:(1)Autophagy inhibition caused embryo development arrest.(2)There was no significant difference in reactive oxygen species and γH2AX between the autophagy inhibitor-treated groups and control group.(3)H3K4me3 levels were significantly elevated in the autophagy inhibitor-treated group compared with the control group.(4)CUT&Tag results showed a significantly increased H3K4me3 peaks on the proximal promoter region of the genes after autophagy inhibition and an increase of H3K4me3-specific modification genes.These findings suggest that autophagy may affect embryonic development by regulating the level of H3K4me3 modification.

BACKGROUND:Autophagy,as a key regulatory mechanism of cell development,plays an important role in different stages of embryonic development.The mechanism of how autophagy regulates embryonic development through histone modifications is currently unclear.OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of autophagy on trimethylation of lysine 4 on histone H3(H3K4me3)modification in embryos and its effect on embryonic development.METHODS:Mouse fertilized eggs were divided into control and autophagy inhibitor-treated groups(chloroquine phosphate-treated group and 3-methyladenine-treated group),and cultured in vitro to different periods of time,and were then classified as early 2-cell embryos,middle 2-cell embryos,late 2-cell embryos,4-cell embryos,8-cell embryos,morula stage,and blastocyst stage.Levels of reactive oxygen species,autophagy marker proteins LC3B and P62,DNA loss marker γH2AX,and H3K4me3 were analyzed by immunofluorescence assay in late 2-cell embryos of each group.Changes in H3K4me3 modification in late 2-cell embryos of each group were detected by CUT&Tag.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:(1)Autophagy inhibition caused embryo development arrest.(2)There was no significant difference in reactive oxygen species and γH2AX between the autophagy inhibitor-treated groups and control group.(3)H3K4me3 levels were significantly elevated in the autophagy inhibitor-treated group compared with the control group.(4)CUT&Tag results showed a significantly increased H3K4me3 peaks on the proximal promoter region of the genes after autophagy inhibition and an increase of H3K4me3-specific modification genes.These findings suggest that autophagy may affect embryonic development by regulating the level of H3K4me3 modification.

Objective By analyzing the causes of coding errors of lower extremity arteriosclerosis occlusion with throm-bosis and the endovascular intervention,explore the principle diagnosis and intervention coding rules to improve coding quality.Methods Inpatient medical records with the principle diagnosis codes of I70-I74 and I77 accompanied by endovascular interven-tional from January 1,2023 to December 31,2023 were retrieved from a tertiary hospital.A retrospective study was conducted to analyze the causes of coding errors.Results A total of 924 eligible cases were selected.There were 41 principle diagnosis cod-ing errors,with an error rate of 4.43％,among which the lower limb atherosclerosis coding had the highest error rate,accounting for 1.30％.There were 46 intervention coding errors,with an error rate of 4.98％,among which the percutaneous thrombectomy had the highest error rate.The main reason for coding errors was insufficient reading of medical record.Conclusion The coding error rate of the principle diagnosis of lower extremity arteriosclerosis occlusion and the endovascular intervention were relatively high.Therefore,it is necessary to continuously strengthen the training of clinicians and coders,including the coding rules and clinical knowledge of specialized disciplines,actively communicate between coders and clinicians,establish a quality control and assessment system,so as to improve the coding quality.

Background Medical insurance payment lists are important evidence for health insurance settlement and the basis for reasonable DRG payments.However,there are currently many quality control defects that affect the correct DRG assign-ment and the reasonable payment of medical insurance funds.Methods This paper adopts a case analysis approach,combined with clinical knowledge,coding specifications,and mapping relationships,to analyze the quality defects of the current medical insurance payment lists in the hospital.Results This paper proposes refined management strategies and suggestions,including strengthening information construction,improving the professional level of quality control personnel,improving the data quality of the front-end medical record homepage,optimizing the mapping relationship of the dictionary library,carrying out clinical com-munication and training,and establishing a closed-loop quality control system for medical insurance payment lists.These strate-gies effectively improve the data quality of medical insurance payment lists and the accuracy of DRG assignment.Conclusion The management of medical insurance payment lists involves multiple links,departments,and technologies and needs continuous improvement to support hospital refined management.

Objective By analyzing the causes of coding errors of lower extremity arteriosclerosis occlusion with throm-bosis and the endovascular intervention,explore the principle diagnosis and intervention coding rules to improve coding quality.Methods Inpatient medical records with the principle diagnosis codes of I70-I74 and I77 accompanied by endovascular interven-tional from January 1,2023 to December 31,2023 were retrieved from a tertiary hospital.A retrospective study was conducted to analyze the causes of coding errors.Results A total of 924 eligible cases were selected.There were 41 principle diagnosis cod-ing errors,with an error rate of 4.43％,among which the lower limb atherosclerosis coding had the highest error rate,accounting for 1.30％.There were 46 intervention coding errors,with an error rate of 4.98％,among which the percutaneous thrombectomy had the highest error rate.The main reason for coding errors was insufficient reading of medical record.Conclusion The coding error rate of the principle diagnosis of lower extremity arteriosclerosis occlusion and the endovascular intervention were relatively high.Therefore,it is necessary to continuously strengthen the training of clinicians and coders,including the coding rules and clinical knowledge of specialized disciplines,actively communicate between coders and clinicians,establish a quality control and assessment system,so as to improve the coding quality.

Background Medical insurance payment lists are important evidence for health insurance settlement and the basis for reasonable DRG payments.However,there are currently many quality control defects that affect the correct DRG assign-ment and the reasonable payment of medical insurance funds.Methods This paper adopts a case analysis approach,combined with clinical knowledge,coding specifications,and mapping relationships,to analyze the quality defects of the current medical insurance payment lists in the hospital.Results This paper proposes refined management strategies and suggestions,including strengthening information construction,improving the professional level of quality control personnel,improving the data quality of the front-end medical record homepage,optimizing the mapping relationship of the dictionary library,carrying out clinical com-munication and training,and establishing a closed-loop quality control system for medical insurance payment lists.These strate-gies effectively improve the data quality of medical insurance payment lists and the accuracy of DRG assignment.Conclusion The management of medical insurance payment lists involves multiple links,departments,and technologies and needs continuous improvement to support hospital refined management.

Objective To analyze the basic characteristics of 1885 inpatients with rare diseases in a 3A hospital from January 1 to December 31,2023,so as to provide reference for the management of diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases and the formulation of policies.Methods Based on the medical record homepage data of rare disease inpatients in a tertiary hospital in 2023,analyze the basic characteristics and hospitalization cost structure of rare disease inpatients.Results The hospital ad-mitted 1 885 inpatients with rare diseases in 2023,accounting for 0.81％of the total number of discharged patients,with a male-to-female ratio close to 1:1.Patients aged over 60 accounted for 45.57％,followed by patients aged 45-59(26.47％),patients aged 19-44(20.9％)ranked third,and patients under 18 accounted for less.Rare diseases cover 11 disease classification sys-tems and including 80 diseases,which accounts for 38.65％of the rare diseases in the catalogue.The top ten diseases accounted for 70.56％of the total number of patients,and the top three diseases were progressive fibrosing interstitial lung disease,idio-pathic pulmonary fibrosis and primary biliary cholangitis.Patients under 1 year old accounted for 0.08％,patients aged 2-18 years accounted for 5.19％,patients aged 19-44 years accounted for 19.55％,patients aged 45-59 years accounted for 26.62％,and patients over 60 years old accounted for 48.57％.There was a large difference in the male-female ratio in four diseases:idio-pathic pulmonary fibrosis,amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,Takayasu's arteritis,and primary biliary cholangitis.From the perspec-tive of cost structure,the top ten rare diseases account for a high proportion of diagnosis fees,medicine fees and consumables fees.Conclusion Patients account for a high proportion of rare disease inpatients in the hospital and have a wide coverage of disease types.The overall male-female ratio of patients with rare diseases is similar,but the characteristics of the diseases are dif-ferent.The characteristics of rare diseases determine the structural characteristics of hospitalization expenses.Hospitals should improve the discipline construction and provide more resources for the diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases.To make guide-lines for the diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases and strengthen the training of doctors,so as to realize the early diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases.The state should continue to promote access to medication for rare diseases.

Objective In order to reasonably reduce QY group and improve the accuracy of DRG,we analyzed the data of QY(ambiguity)group in the Diagnosis Related Groups in urology department of a three A and tertiary hospital.Methods Medical insurance settlement statements of urology department of a hospital in the DRG sub-platform of a municipal medical insur-ance bureau were collected from April 1,2022 to November 30,2022,extracting QY cases.The medical records of QY cases were extracted from the digital medical record browser of a hospital.Senior quality control physicians were organized to check medical records,disease classification and medical insurance settlement statements of QY group cases,analyzing the cases.Excel 2010 was used for statistical analysis of the data.Results ① 2 810 copies of medical insurance settlement statements were obtained,of which 43 cases were in the QY groups,accounting for 1.53％.②The cases mainly distributed in urinary system tumors(27.91％),neurogenic bladder(18.60％),prostatic hyperplasia(16.28％),ureteral diseases(11.62％),and ure-thral diseases(11.62％).(3)The total hospitalization cost of patients in QY groups was 731 684.1 yuan,and the average hospi-talization cost was 17 015.91 yuan.The total payment amount of DRG was 419 807.24 yuan,and the average payment amount was 9 762.96 yuan.④The causes of QY groups were as follows:There were 14 cases of DRG grouping rule defect,accounting for 32.56％;There were 29 cases of hospital management defects,accounting for 67.44％.Among the hospital management de-fects,13 cases(30.23％)of the medical insurance settlement statements were defective;There were 8 cases(18.60％)of er-rors in doctors'major diagnoses and major surgical operations.There were 8 cases(18.60％)of coding errors in major diagno-ses and major surgical operations.Conclusion To reasonable reduction QY group,it is necessary to optimize DRG grouping rules and strengthen hospital internal management.Only by paying attention to improve the connotation quality of medical re-cords,accurately classify disease and surgical name,strengthen the management and review of medical insurance settlement state-ments,and establish a long-term mechanism for DRG data quality control,we can further improve the accuracy of DRG and ac-tively promote the reform of medical insurance payment.

Objective To analyze the coding quality of multiple primary malignant tumors in a tertiary hospital,identify existing problems,and improve the accuracy of coding for multiple primary malignant tumors.Methods We collected 393 medi-cal records from a tertiary hospital from June 1,2021,to June 30,2023,with ICD-10 code C97 for the discharge diagnosis.By carefully reading the medical records,we analyzed the reasons for coding errors in multiple primary malignant tumors with code C97.Results Among the 393 medical records,there were 34 cases with coding errors in C97,including 11 cases where meta-static malignant tumors were erroneously coded as multiple primary malignant tumors,9 cases where malignant tumors of the same organ system with non-adjacent sites and the same histological type were erroneously coded as multiple primary malignant tumors,7 cases where distant metastasis or local invasion was erroneously coded as multiple primary malignant tumors,4 cases where be-nign tumors were mistakenly coded as malignant tumors,and 3 cases where suspected malignant tumors were coded as confirmed cases.Conclusion To improve the quality and efficiency of C97 coding,coders need to have a clear understanding of the defini-tion of multiple primary malignant tumors,read the medical records carefully and completely,determine the location and histolog-ical type of the tumors accurately,and strengthen communication with clinical physicians.

Coding malignant tumors in multiple sites within the digestive system involves some coding rules.When more than two malignant tumors present various pathologic types,they should be included in the code of C97,which indicates multiple primary malignancies,and should be categorized into a specific code under the category of C97 upon corresponding treatment pur-poses.For those malignant tumors in the digestive system presenting with the same pathological results but unidentified primary sites,which are diagnosed as more than two types of tumors and recorded on the first page of a medical record,they are coded ac-cording to their specific locations.The coding principles are as followed:① If a malignant tumor spans two or more adjacent sites with an unidentified primary origin,it should be classified as a cross-site malignant tumor and coded based on the tumor's ana-tomical location.② If more than two malignant tumors are located in the separate parts of the same location,they should be co-ded with".9"as a subheading of the three-digit category specific to the right location.③If more than two malignant tumors are not adjacent to each other in the digestive system,they should be classified to the code of C26.9.In the process of coding,cod-ers should review case data thoroughly,enhance the accumulation of clinical knowledge,and strengthen communications with doc-tors,thereby enhancing coding precision.