Hospice Coding and Data Conventions Contribute to Oversimplify the Presence of Dementia in Hospice.

Julia DriessenSonal ParasrampuriaElvedin BijelicDavid M BottShari M Ling

Published in: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (2024)

Collectively, International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) coding and sequencing conventions, coding practices, and research methods related to hospice claim diagnoses may unintentionally underestimate and oversimplify how dementia manifests in hospice utilization.

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