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Table 6 Factors influencing accuracy of the assignment of hospital tariff

From: Potential loss of revenue due to errors in clinical coding during the implementation of the Malaysia diagnosis related group (MY-DRG®) Casemix system in a teaching hospital in Malaysia

Variables

B

S.E

p value

Wald

OR

95% Confidence limits

 Coding Error of Primary Diagnosis Code

0.798

0.201

< 0.001

15.804

2.221

1.499 - 3.292

 Coding Error of Secondary Diagnosis Code

1.698

0.255

< 0.001

44.210

5.465

3.313–9.017

 Coding Error of Primary Procedure Code

0.156

0.274

0.570

0.322

1.168

0.683 - 1.999

 Coding Error of Secondary Procedure Code

0.568

0.198

0.004

8.221

1.764

0.197 - 2.601

 Coding Error with the Error in the Assignment of Severity Level

4.181

0.520

<0.001

64.604

65.416

23.601 - 181.314

Coding Error with Incomplete Admission Form

2.026

0.474

< 0.001

18.252

7.583

2.994 - 19.209

Coding Error with Incomplete Discharge Summary

2.023

0.448

< 0.001

17.362

6.478

2.690 - 15.601