FOI Response 311
Request under Freedom of Information act 2000
Request Ref: NGFOI 19/20_311
I write in response to your request under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act.
I confirm that the Trust holds the information you requested. Please see the replies, set out against your questions, below:
I have a freedom of information request regarding the clinical coding used for the neurological diseases outlined in the table below.
Q1. Please write below what you use for manual coding (e.g., ICD 10 2016) and which computer programme you use on a clinical discharge summary for HSE statistics.
Manual:
Programme:
Please note the Trust manual and computer are the same.
We use ICD-10 5th Edition UK to code patients for HES statistics using Medicode coding software. This is the only application that ICD-10 codes. Discharge notification software is not used to supply codes to HES.
Q2. Please tell us how you would code the following diseases. If you have a computer programme for coding, please code it manually and with the programme. Please include all relevant information (e.g., Multiple possible codes depending on context).
Answer to Q2
| Disease | Computer ICD-10 coding | Manual ICD-10 coding |
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| Example |
G20 |
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| Progressive Supranuclear Palsy |
G23.1 |
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| Multiple system atrophy |
G23.2 or G23.3 |
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| Corticobasal syndrome |
Cortical - G31.8 |
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| Corticobasal degeneration |
Basal - G23.8 |
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Q3. Please indicate whether any of the clinical coding was different before 2016.
Answer to Q3
| Disease | Computer ICD-10 coding | Manual ICD-10 coding |
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| Progressive Supranuclear Palsy |
No differences |
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| Multiple system atrophy |
No differences |
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| Corticobasal syndrome |
No differences |
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| Corticobasal degeneration |
No differences |
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Posted on Tuesday 3rd November 2020