This article discusses the role of the nosologist/health information management (HIM) professional in a venue one step beyond the hospital's medical record department. It provides a glimpse of the role of the HIM professional at a statistical government agency, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) in the United States, and focuses primarily on the collaborative work that is performed by the HIM professional at NCHS. The challenges presented in survey coding will be discussed, while practical examples of how we have chosen to improve the data collection, data processing and data reporting processes will also be addressed.
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