Design, development and first validation of a transcoding system from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10 in the IT.DRG Italian project.

Authors :: Della Mea V
Vuattolo O
Frattura L
Munari F
Verdini E
Zanier L
Arcangeli L
Carle F
Source :: Studies in health technology and informatics [Stud Health Technol Inform] 2015; Vol. 210, pp. 135-9.
Publication Year :: 2015
Abstract: In Italy, ICD-9-CM is currently used for coding health conditions at hospital discharge, but ICD-10 is being introduced thanks to the IT-DRG Project. In this project, one needed component is a set of transcoding rules and associated tools for easing coders work in the transition. The present paper illustrates design and development of those transcoding rules, and their preliminary testing on a subset of Italian hospital discharge data.

Subjects :: Information Storage and Retrieval methods
Italy
Patient Discharge
Software Design
Software Validation
Translating
Electronic Health Records organization & administration
International Classification of Diseases classification
Medical Record Linkage methods
Natural Language Processing
Patient Discharge Summaries classification
Software

Tools