Table 3 about here
The time trend for first 3 categories of consulting requests is shown in Figure 2.
The Figure 3 and 4 show the trend of COVID-19 and death of it in Iran28
Finally, based on the analysis of coders’ surveys and consultations, some issues which needed more transparency for accurate coding were extracted as follows:
From the viewpoint of coders, these remote consultations were helpful and effective, especially during code allocation for the purpose of increasing the transparency and accuracy of coding.