Why the study?
Does the background of the coder (clinical vs non-clinical) affect the agreement of OSICS-10 sports injury diagnoses coding?
Population
1082 standardised injury surveillance records from community Australian football
Comparison
Coding by a clinical coder (sports physician) vs Coding by a non-clinical coder (epidemiologist)
Design
Independent coders
Authors
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Low four-digit reliability cautions against routine detailed OSICS-10 use; leaves open whether coder background improves agreement.
Does the background of the coder (clinical vs non-clinical) affect the agreement of OSICS-10 sports injury diagnoses coding?
Increasing complexity and diagnostic specificity in injury coding can result in a loss of reliability, demanding a high level of anatomical knowledge.
Finch et al. (2012) studied this question.
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