title: Challenges and opportunities with ICD-10-CM/PCS: implications for surgical research involving administrative data.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA. garth.utter@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
authors.forename: Garth H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Utter
authors.forename: Ginger L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: Pamela L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Owens
authors.forename: Patrick S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Romano
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D014481:United States; D014944:World Health Organization
keywords: CM; CMS; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Clinical Modification; GEM; General Equivalence Mapping; HCFA; Health Care Financing Administration; NCHS; National Center for Health Statistics; PCS; Procedure Coding System