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Medical Coding and Health Information

Medical Coding and Health Information is a research topic within Health Information Management. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 17.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the accuracy and impact of clinical coding, particularly related to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9-CM and ICD-10) in healthcare administrative data. It addresses challenges, implications, and improvements in clinical coding, data quality, and the use of hospital discharge data for research and financial purposes.

  • ICD-10
  • Clinical Coding
  • Health Information Management
  • Data Quality
  • Hospital Discharge Data
  • Administrative Data
  • Medical Documentation
  • Coding Accuracy
  • Healthcare System Productivity
  • ICD-11
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
17.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+1%
the tick is no change

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Medical Coding and Health Information research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (438 and 198 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 438 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 198 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 176 works
  4. 4 Australia 82 works
  5. 5 India 68 works
  6. 6 China 57 works
  7. 7 Canada 56 works
  8. 8 Germany 46 works
  9. 9 Italy 31 works
  10. 10 Spain 30 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 37.1%United Kingdom: 16.8%Indonesia: 14.9%Australia: 7.0%6 others listed: 24.3%37%largest
United States438 · 37.1%United Kingdom198 · 16.8%Indonesia176 · 14.9%Australia82 · 7.0%6 others listed287 · 24.3%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Medical Coding and Health Information research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universitas Esa Unggul publishes the most Medical Coding and Health Information research, followed by Institute of Engineering Science and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universitas Esa UnggulIndonesia 21 works
  2. 2 Institute of Engineering ScienceRussia 9 works
  3. 3 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 7 works
  4. 4 University of CalgaryCanada 7 works
  5. 5 Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes SemarangIndonesia 7 works
  6. 6 Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom 7 works
  7. 7 Harvard UniversityUnited States 7 works
  8. 8 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 6 works
  9. 9 Politeknik Kesehatan Kementerian Kesehatan Jakarta IIIndonesia 6 works
  10. 10 Monash UniversityAustralia 5 works

Who are the leading researchers in Medical Coding and Health Information?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Medical Coding and Health Information include Aziz Sheikh.

  1. 1 Aziz Sheikh United Kingdom 5.8k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Medical Coding and Health Information research done?

The largest centres of Medical Coding and Health Information research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Jakarta (Indonesia), Melbourne (Australia) and Boston (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Melbourne and London.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 60 works
  2. 2 Jakarta Indonesia 43 works
  3. 3 Melbourne Australia 25 works
  4. 4 Boston United States 20 works
  5. 5 New York United States 18 works
  6. 6 Surabaya Indonesia 15 works
  7. 7 Philadelphia United States 14 works
  8. 8 Beijing China 14 works
  9. 9 Sydney Australia 12 works
  10. 10 Semarang Indonesia 12 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MelbourneAU · 25.2 works4.1×
  2. LondonGB · 59.8 works4.0×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Medical Coding and Health Information than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Medical Coding and Health Information?

Among universities, judged by research, Universitas Esa Unggul score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Universitas Esa UnggulIndonesia 20.01.6%52.1×21 +305.6%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Medical Coding and Health Information research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Medical Coding and Health Information.

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Which topics inside it are moving

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