Meeting
Abstract Number: 168
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: CMS and other entities have focused on reduction of readmissions as a national quality improvement goal. The 30-day risk standardized readmission rate is derived from administrative data and requires the accurate coding of a principal diagnosis. We sought to validate the coded principal diagnosis for patients admitted with pneumonia and to determine if local […]