Reallocating diabetes-related garbage codes to improve mortality estimates: a case study in Weifang, China

Abstract Effective identification and correction of diabetes mellitus (DM)-related garbage codes (GCs) in mortality surveillance data is crucial for accurately estimating regional DM mortality rates. This study applied a structured, three-step approach—using standard WHO ICD-10 mortality coding rule...

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Main Authors: Xiao Zhang, Wenyi Yang, Jingxin Wang, Limei Ai, Min Chen, Chunping Wang, Xia Wan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-07-01
Series:Population Health Metrics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12963-025-00399-5
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