Upcoding of Clinical Information to Meet Appropriate Use Criteria for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2019 Mar;12(3):e005025. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.118.005025.

Authors

Christopher A Rajkumar¹, William M Suh², Darrel P Francis¹

Affiliations

¹ International Centre for Circulatory Health, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (C.A.R., D.P.F.).
² Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (W.M.S.).

PMID: 30871374
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.118.005025

No abstract available

Keywords: coronary artery disease; guideline adherence; percutaneous coronary intervention.

MeSH terms

Acute Coronary Syndrome / diagnosis
Acute Coronary Syndrome / epidemiology
Acute Coronary Syndrome / therapy*
Angina, Unstable / diagnosis
Angina, Unstable / epidemiology
Angina, Unstable / therapy*
Diagnosis, Differential
Fraud / trends
Guideline Adherence / trends
Healthcare Disparities / trends*
Humans
Ontario / epidemiology
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / trends*
Policy Making
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Practice Patterns, Physicians' / trends*
Time Factors
United States / epidemiology
Unnecessary Procedures / trends*