A data mining approach to characterizing medical code usage patterns

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 255-275

  Spangler, William E ^a   May, Jerrold H ^b   Strum, David P ^c   Vargas, Luis G ^b  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coding systems; CPT; Data mining; ICD 9

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CODING; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HOSPITAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; CLASSIFICATION; DATA BASE; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL CONTROL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERAPY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE; FACILITY REGULATION AND CONTROL; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; MEDICAL RECORDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; THERAPEUTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036615965     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015014402846     Document Type: Article

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