Abortion Miscoding-Legal Risks for Clinicians and Hospital Systems

Sravya Chary; Danielle Pacia; Carmel Shachar

doi:10.1001/jama.2023.6278

Abortion Miscoding-Legal Risks for Clinicians and Hospital Systems

JAMA. 2023 Jun 13;329(22):1911-1912. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.6278.

Authors

Sravya Chary¹, Danielle Pacia², Carmel Shachar³

Affiliations

¹ Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
² The Hastings Center, Garrison, New York.
³ The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

PMID: 37204799
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.6278

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This Viewpoint discusses the legal risks physicians and health care facilities may incur by miscoding a surgical or chemical abortion as a miscarriage to conceal an abortion procedure.

MeSH terms

Abortion, Induced* / legislation & jurisprudence
Abortion, Legal* / legislation & jurisprudence
Clinical Coding* / legislation & jurisprudence
Clinical Coding* / standards
Female
Hospitals
Humans
Legislation, Hospital
Legislation, Medical
Liability, Legal
Pregnancy