Electronic Coding Overestimates Prevalence Of Barrett’s Esophagus

In a review of more than 2,000 patients coded for Barrett’s esophagus, electronic diagnosis overestimated the prevalence of the disease according to researchers in California. They found that only 61.9 percent of patients assigned a billing diagnosis code for Barrett’s esophagus actually had Barrett’s esophagus after a manual record review.

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Filed under: GastroIntestinal / Gastroentorology on May 18th, 2009