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| Total
separations for current month |
= |
number
of patients separated in this month |
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| Total
separations coded for current month |
= |
number
of separations coded for patients who were discharged in this month
only, including seps coded by contractors or during O/T, and indexed
seps. |
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| Total
separations coded in this month |
= |
actual
number of separations coded in this month - include seps coded for
previous months (i.e. regardless of month of separation), including
seps coded by contractors or during O/T, and indexed seps. |
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| %
separations coded for this month |
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percentage
of this months separations coded as at the end of the month (not
updated monthly). |
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(total
separations coded for current month, divided by total separations
for current month), multiplied by 100. |
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| %
2000/2001 Separations coded |
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percentage
of each months separations coded as at report date. (Source: ISCOS) |
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| Total
coding hours established |
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total
coding hours you should have = working days x no. established coders
x 7.6. |
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| Total
coding hours available |
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total
coding hours actually have = working days x no. actual coders x 7.6.
Excludes coding & O/T hours. |
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| Total
actual coding overtime hours |
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total
number of coding overtime hours. |
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| Total
contract coding hours |
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total
number of contracted coding hours. |
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| Total
coding leave hours |
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(leave
working days x no. coders taken leave x 7.6) |
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| Total
actual coding hours |
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(available
hours plus contractor & O/T hours), minus leave hours. |
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| Separations
coded per actual coding hour |
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average
number of records coded per coder per hour. |
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(actual
seps coded in this month / total actual coding hours) |
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| NSW
Sanctions Incurred |
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Fines
imposed on the sites as a result of late or poor quality data
submission. |
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