[Frequency and coding of psychiatric care of short-stay patients].

Introduction: The objective of this study was to describe the frequency and coding of the psychiatric management of short-stay patients admitted to Nice University Hospital in 2013.

Methods: Various parameters were measured : percentage of outpatient psychiatric procedures or psychiatric diagnosis codes ; coding practice differences between the Programme de médicalisation des systèmes d’information (Medical Information System Programme) for medicine, surgery and obstetrics and psychiatric medical data records, and the impact of coding on diagnosis-related groups.

Results: Twenty-four per cent of hospitalised patients received psychiatric management (either outpatient care or a psychiatric diagnosis) and 3.