Qualities of dental chart recording and coding.
Chart recording and coding are the important processes in the healthcare informatics system, but there were only a few reports in the dentistry field. The objectives of this study are to study the qualities of dental chart recording and coding, as well as the achievement of lecture/workshop on this topic. The study was performed by auditing the patient's charts at the TU Dental Student Clinic from July 2011-August 2012. The chart recording mean scores ranged from 51.0-55.7%, whereas the errors in the coding process were presented in the coder part more than the doctor part. The lecture/workshop could improve the scores only in some topics.
Faculty of Dentistry, Thammasat University, Rangsit Campus, Pathumthani, 12121, Thailand.
Yosananda
Y
Chantravekin
Munchulika
M
Tasananutree
Supitcha
S
Santaphongse
Anchisa
A
Aittiwarapoj
D059019:Clinical Coding / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D048048:Dental Informatics / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003792:Dental Records / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D013335:Students, Dental / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013785:Thailand