[Pitfalls in DRG coding: update for pulmonary and respiratory medicine 2005].

Med Klin (Munich)

Berufsgenossenschaftliche Kliniken Bergmannsheil, Medizinische Klinik III, Pneumologie, Allergologie, Schlaf- und Beatmungsmedizin, Klinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bürkle-de-la-Camp-Platz 1, 44789, Bochum.

Published: February 2005

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