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Clinical validation is a process of checking an episode of care has been coded as accurately as possible. The review of the episode is performed by clinical staff (such as a consultant, nurse, or therapist) after the clinical coder has read and assigned codes to the diagnoses, and any complications, comorbidities, procedures or interventions.

Validation vs Audit
The validation process is run in addition to any coding audit process. Although there is some over lap in purpose (i.e. checking the accuracy of the coding), the validation process may