Variation in diagnostic coding of cervical decompressions in the English Hospital Episodes Statistics dataset
Inappropriate or non-specific clinical diagnostic coding information was recorded for almost a third of cervical decompression surgery in the HES patient record. We recommend the use of the most widely used codes for cervical radiculopathy (M50.1) or cervical myelopathy (M50.0).
Authors
- William K. Gray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9597-5446)
- Anne L. Wheeler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1103-0526)
- Sue Eve-Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7698-0346)
- Lianne Wood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1039-1642)
- Tim W. R. Briggs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4053-8385)
- Mike Hutton
- John A. Carpenter
Institutions
- University of Exeter (GB)
- North Devon District Hospital (GB)
- Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (GB)
- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (GB)
- Health First (US)
- NHS England
- University College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- British Journal of Neurosurgery
- Published
- 2025-10-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02688697.2025.2573409
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Medical Coding and Health Information
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.88