This report presents the key findings and analysis of the 2008/09 national clinical coding audit programme managed by the Audit Commission under the Payment by Results (PbR) Data Assurance Framework.
This is the second year of the framework. All acute NHS trusts in England received an external clinical coding audit. We audited approximately 49,000 episodes, equating to approximately £66 million of expenditure under PbR.
The report shows that the number of errors made by NHS trusts under the Payment by Results (PbR) system is falling, but there are continuing concerns about the poor quality of some medical records.
Comparative profiles for all Strategic Health Authorities, primary care trusts and trusts and can be downloaded from our Results from the data assurance framework 2008/09 pages.
Further information about PbR can be found in our Payment by Results (PbR) section.