{"id":464,"date":"2014-09-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/record-keeping-changes-could-mask-hospital-mistakes\/"},"modified":"2017-08-31T18:39:26","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T22:39:26","slug":"record-keeping-changes-could-mask-hospital-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/record-keeping-changes-could-mask-hospital-mistakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Record keeping changes could mask hospital mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Record keeping is an important aspect of a medical malpractice case. Essentially, if a hospital has bad record keeping practices, chances are that it may be easier to prove that reasonable steps were not taken to ensure the patient\u2019s safety, or that established procedures were not followed that led to the patient being harmed.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, some hospitals have exceptional record keeping practices. However, a new reporting protocol may mask some hospitals\u2019 shortcomings. According to a recent Claims Journal report, some diagnoses to be reported under ICD-9 reporting codes may not translate to ICD-10.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For instance, an issue reported under ICD-9 may have several interpretations under ICD-10. Basically, accurate reporting under ICD-10 may make a hospital look safer than it really is. At the same time, other hospitals may seem less safe because of the different (and new) categories generated under the system.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/record-keeping-changes-could-mask-hospital-mistakes\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Record keeping changes could mask hospital mistakes\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Record keeping is an important aspect of a medical malpractice case. Essentially, if a hospital has bad record keeping practices, chances are that it may be easier to prove that reasonable steps were not taken to ensure the patient\u2019s safety, or that established procedures were not followed that led to the patient being harmed. Indeed, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hospital-negligence","tag-hospital-negligence"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Record keeping changes could mask hospital mistakes &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; September 23, 2014<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Record keeping changes could mask hospital mistakes - Hospital Negligence - DeFrancisco &amp; Falgiatano Law Firm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/record-keeping-changes-could-mask-hospital-mistakes\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Record keeping changes could mask hospital mistakes &#8212; 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