Structure of Medical Data

Structure of Medical Data

• Imprecision, lack of standard vocabulary
• Coding systems
  • Examples
    • ICD-9 (9th intl classification of disease), ICD-9-CM
    • SNOMED (systematized nomenclature of med)
    • CPT (current procedural terminology)
  • Limitations/idiosyncrasies if applied generally
  • Need for general enough and precise enough

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