A Large Proportion of Hospital Encounters With Gastrointestinal Bleeding–Not Otherwise Specified Coding Can Be Otherwise Specified: A Retrospective Observational Study
S. Palchaudhuri,
A. Parsikia,
J.D. Lewis,
S.M. Siddique
Affiliations
S. Palchaudhuri
Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Correspondence: Address correspondence to: Sonali Palchaudhuri, MD, MHCI, Massachusetts General Hospital, Blake 4, 55 Fruit St, Boston, Massachusetts 02114; fax: 617-724-5996.
A. Parsikia
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
J.D. Lewis
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
S.M. Siddique
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania