Panjie Yang^1,*,#, Gang Liu^2,#, Xiaoyu Li^1,*, Liyuan Qin¹, Xiaoxia Liu³

Journal of New Media, Vol.2, No.3, pp. 111-119, 2020, DOI:10.32604/jnm.2020.010135 - 04 September 2020

Abstract In order to solve the problems of low efficiency and heavy workload of tumor coding in hospitals, we proposed a Drools-based intelligent tumors coding method. At present, most tumor hospitals use manual coding, the trained coders follow the main diagnosis selection rules to select the main diagnosis from the discharge diagnosis of the tumor patients, and then code all the discharge diagnoses according to the coding rules. Owing to different coders have different familiarity with the main diagnosis selection rules and ICD-10 disease coding, it will reduce the efficiency of the artificial coding results and… More >

Fred H. Rodriguez III^1,2,3,4, Georges Ephrem^1,2, Jennifer F. Gerardin^1,2, Cheryl Raskind-Hood⁵, Carol Hogue⁵, Wendy Book^1,2

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.13, No.1, pp. 59-64, 2018, DOI:10.1111/chd.12563

Abstract Objective: Although the ICD-9-CM code 745.5 is widely used to indicate the presence of a secundum atrial septal defect (ASD), it is also used for patent foramen ovale (PFO) which is a normal variant and for “rule-out” congenital heart disease (CHD). The ICD-10-CM code Q21.1 perpetuates this issue. The objective of this study was to assess whether code 745.5 in isolation or in combination with unspecified CHD codes 746.9 or 746.89 miscodes for CHD, and if true CHD positives decrease with age.
Design: Echocardiograms of patients with an ICD-9-CM code of 745.5 in isolation or in combination… More >