PICQ® assesses coded data according to the Australian Coding Standards, coding conventions and coding rules. The PICQ® Quality Ratio delivers coding quality and specificity that can be fairly benchmarked across different coders within a team or hospitals in a network. Users can typically find an uplift to Weighted Average Units through improvement to coding quality and specificity.
PICQ®’s new DRG Change Report provides insights to hospitals into how coding changes impact Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs). It allows managers to observe any DRG changes that may occur by showing results based on the first version and the latest version of an episode that comes through PICQ®.
Hospitals are able to review the reasons why changes have been made to particular DRGs. By noting significant changes, it allows coding teams to identify areas for improvement and further education opportunities for coders. It may also result in additional NWAU funding.
Over the last year since the re-introduction of PICQ, overall fatal errors for all of Victoria have halved. ”
Since the introduction of PICQ we have significantly reduced our reject rate for submission to state health departments. ”
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