Clinical Coding

"Clinical Coding" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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Process of substituting a symbol or code for a term such as a diagnosis or procedure. (from Slee's Health Care Terms, 3d ed.)

Descriptor ID	D059019
MeSH Number(s)	N04.452.758.708.200.400.500 N04.452.859.564.274 N05.715.360.300.715.500.249 N06.850.520.308.940.968.249
Concept/Terms	Clinical Coding Clinical Coding Coding, Clinical Medical Coding Coding, Medical Coding Coding

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Clinical Coding".

Health Care [N]
Health Services Administration [N04]
Organization and Administration [N04.452]
Professional Practice [N04.452.758]
Practice Management [N04.452.758.708]
Office Management [N04.452.758.708.200]
Forms and Records Control [N04.452.758.708.200.400]
Clinical Coding [N04.452.758.708.200.400.500]
Records as Topic [N04.452.859]
Medical Records [N04.452.859.564]
Clinical Coding [N04.452.859.564.274]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Quality of Health Care [N05.715]
Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms [N05.715.360]
Data Collection [N05.715.360.300]
Records as Topic [N05.715.360.300.715]
Medical Records [N05.715.360.300.715.500]
Clinical Coding [N05.715.360.300.715.500.249]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Methods [N06.850.520]
Data Collection [N06.850.520.308]
Records as Topic [N06.850.520.308.940]
Medical Records [N06.850.520.308.940.968]
Clinical Coding [N06.850.520.308.940.968.249]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Clinical Coding".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Clinical Coding".

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Clinical Coding" by people in this website by year, and whether "Clinical Coding" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 16 publications over 9 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2016

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2013	1	1	2
2014	0	1	1
2015	1	0	1
2016	2	1	3
2017	1	1	2
2019	0	2	2
2020	1	0	1
2021	1	1	2
2024	1	1	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Clinical Coding" by people in Profiles.

Isch EL, Sarikonda A, Sambangi A, Carreras A, Sircar A, Self DM, Habarth-Morales TE, Caterson EJ, Aycart M. Evaluating the Efficacy of Large Language Models in CPT Coding for Craniofacial Surgery: A Comparative Analysis. J Craniofac Surg. 2025 05 01; 36(3):831-835.

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Mutter MJ, Carrion R, Rogers MJ, Carson CC, Chung PH, Henry GD. Society of Urologic Prosthetic Surgeons' Coding and Billing Position Statement on Ancillary/Adjunct Penile Prosthesis Surgical Procedures: Part I. Urology. 2024 05; 187:125-130.

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Schaefer JW, Riley JM, Li M, Cheney-Peters DR, Venkataraman CM, Li CJ, Smaltz CM, Bradley CG, Lee CY, Fitzpatrick DM, Ney DB, Zaret DS, Chalikonda DM, Mairose JD, Chauhan K, Szot MV, Jones RB, Bashir-Hamidu R, Mitsuhashi S, Kubey AA. Comparing reliability of ICD-10-based COVID-19 comorbidity data to manual chart review, a retrospective cross-sectional study. J Med Virol. 2022 Apr; 94(4):1550-1557.

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Apfeld JC, Crichton KG, Minneci PC, Puls HT, Cooper JN. Identification of physical abuse-related hospitalizations in young children: Impact of the transition to ICD-10-CM coding. Child Abuse Negl. 2021 08; 118:105159.

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Greenky MR, Winters BS, Bishop ME, McDonald EL, Rogero RG, Shakked RJ, Raikin SM, Daniel JN, Pedowitz DI. Coding Education in Residency and in Practice Improves Accuracy of Coding in Orthopedic Surgery. Orthopedics. 2020 Nov 01; 43(6):380-383.

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Kearney MD, Selvan P, Hauer MK, Leader AE, Massey PM. Characterizing HPV Vaccine Sentiments and Content on Instagram. Health Educ Behav. 2019 12; 46(2_suppl):37-48.

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Lindell RB, Nishisaki A, Weiss SL, Balamuth F, Traynor DM, Chilutti MR, Grundmeier RW, Fitzgerald JC. Comparison of Methods for Identification of Pediatric Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock in the Virtual Pediatric Systems Database. Crit Care Med. 2019 02; 47(2):e129-e135.

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Mocarski M, Tian Y, Smolarz BG, McAna J, Crawford A. Use of International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision Codes for Obesity: Trends in the United States from an Electronic Health Record-Derived Database. Popul Health Manag. 2018 06; 21(3):222-230.

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Douglas MD, Benevides TW, Carretta H. Analyzing State Autism Private Insurance Mandates for Allied Health Services: A Pilot Study. OTJR (Thorofare N J). 2017 10; 37(4):218-226.

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Goff BA, Shahin MS, Powell MA, Dowdy SC. SGO Health Policy and Socioeconomic Committee: Current and Future Efforts of the Coding and Reimbursement Taskforce and the Policy, Quality and Outcomes Taskforce. Gynecol Oncol. 2016 11; 143(2):229-230.

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