Reasoning around moving to CCI and our subset of it
This article explains our choice of CCI as a procedure coding schema and of the subset of codes we include.
Why are we moving to a new procedure coding schema?
Our old diagnosis list was made in-house designed mostly for the Critical Care setting where our database started out. In that data set we combined diagnoses and procedures.
Why are we moving to CCI rather than a different coding schema?
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Why are we including the subset of procedures that we do
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Why do we not include the entire set of CCI codes
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