Introduction to the RMA – Repatriation Medical Authority

In 1999, an ICD-10 code specifically for mesothelioma began to be used. Even with the implementation of the ICD-10 coding system, however, mesothelioma is expected to be under-diagnosed and miscoded, for perhaps 20% of the deaths from mesothelioma (Pinheiro et al. 2004). ................
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