title: Improving performance and agreement in injury coding using the Abbreviated Injury Scale: a training course helps.
abstract: The aim of this study was to determine the influence of a dedicated training course on the ability of participants to assign correct codes and their inter-observer agreement using the Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS98). Twelve participants followed a one-day training course in injury coding. Codes were recorded before, during and after the course. The number of correctly assigned codes and severity codes, as well as the Fleiss' kappas improved significantly during and after the course. This study emphasises the benefit of training in injury coding. Training improves the ability to assign correct codes and it reduces inter-observer variability. We advise all who are involved in injury coding to follow a dedicated training course.
authors.affiliation: Academic Medical Centre, Meibergdreef, Amsterdam THE NETHERLANDS.
authors.forename: Pieter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Joosse
authors.affiliation: St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, THE NETHERLANDS.
authors.forename: Mariska A C
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: de Jongh
authors.affiliation: St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, THE NETHERLANDS.
authors.forename: C C H M Katinka
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: van Delft-Schreurs
authors.affiliation: Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS.
authors.forename: Michiel H J
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Verhofstad
authors.affiliation: Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam THE NETHERLANDS.
authors.forename: J Carel
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Goslings
mesh_terms: D015998:Abbreviated Injury Scale; D059019:Clinical Coding / Q000379:methods*; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D009426:Netherlands; D015588:Observer Variation