The economic cost of not coding disease-related malnutrition: A study in cancer inpatients.

Background & Aims: Disease-related malnutrition (DRM) coding rate is usually low in hospitalised patients. The objective of our study was to estimate the percentage of correct DRM coding in cancer inpatients and to calculate the economic losses caused by such lack of coding.

Methods: This was an observational, prospective study that was conducted in patients hospitalised in the Medical Oncology Unit of our hospital.