A Method for Constructing a New Extensible Nomenclature for Clinical Coding Practices in Sub-Saharan Africa
Clinical coding is a requirement to provide valuable data for billing,epidemiology and health care resource allocation.In sub-Saharan Africa,we observe a growing awareness of the need for coding of clinical data,not only in health insurances,but also in governments and the hospitals.Presently,coding systems in sub-Saharan Africa are often used for billing purposes.In this paper we consider the use of a nomenclature to also have a clinical impact.Often coding systems are assumed to be complex and too extensive to be used in daily practice.Here,we present a method for constructing a new nomenclature based on existing coding systems by considering a minimal subset in the sub-Saharan region.Evaluation of completeness will be done nationally using the requirements of national registries.The nomenclature requires an extension character for dealing with codes that have to be used for multiple registries.Hospitals will benefit most by using this extension character.
Clinical Coding Names Africa South of the Sahara
Sven Van Laere Marc Nyssen Frank Verbeke
Department of Public Health(GEWE),Research Group of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics(BISI),Vrije Universiteit Brussel(VUB),Laarbeeklaan 103,1090 Brussels,Belgium
国际会议
第十六届世界医药健康信息学大会((MEDINFO2017)、第二届世界医药健康信息学华语论坛(WCHIS 2017)、第15届全国医药信息学大会(CMIA 2017)
苏州
英文
965-967
2017-08-21（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）