Systems and methods for interfacing with healthcare organization coding system
View Patent ↗Systems, articles, and methods for assisting medical coders with review and identification of relevant portions of electronic documents associated with a patient's encounter with a healthcare organization, and for the inputting of codes describing said encounter.
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, by a computer having a processor and memory, a plurality of electronic documents associated with a patient's encounter with a healthcare organization;
automatically identifying, by the processor, terms in the plurality of electronic documents that are relevant to the patient's diagnosis or a procedure associated with the patient, wherein identifying terms comprises comparing terms within the plurality of electronic documents to terms in a database of terms;
displaying in a user interface communicatively coupled to the computer at least portions of the plurality of electronic documents with first visual indicia associated with the identified terms;
receiving selection input associated with at least one of the identified terms;
upon receipt of the selection input, providing information indicative of the selection input to a coding system that facilitates assignment of codes to aspects of a patient's encounter with a healthcare organization;
after providing the information indicative of the selection input to the coding system, receiving from the coding system information indicative of whether the identified term has been associated with a code; and
after receiving from the coding system information indicative of whether the identified term has been associated with a code, updating the user interface such that at least some terms associated with the assigned code are associated with a second visual indicia, wherein the first and second visual indicia appear differently to a user when displayed in the user interface.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
upon receipt of the selection input, displaying other portions of at least some of the electronic documents that contain identified terms associated with the selection input.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein aspects of a patient's encounter comprise diseases and procedures.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the codes assigned via the coding system are ICD-based codes.
5. A system comprising one or more microprocessors and memory, which executes software to cause the system to:
receive a plurality of electronic documents associated with a patient's encounter with a healthcare organization;
identify terms in the plurality of electronic documents that are relevant to the patient's diagnosis or a procedure associated with the patient, wherein identifying terms comprises comparing terms within the plurality of electronic document to terms in a database of terms;
display in a user interface at least portions of the plurality of electronic documents with first visual indicia associated with the identified terms;
receive selection input associated with at least one of the identified terms;
upon receipt of the selection input, provide information indicative of the selection input to a coding system that facilitates assignment of codes to aspects of a patient's encounter with a healthcare organization;
after providing the information indicative of the selection input to the coding system, receive from the coding system information indicative of whether the identified term has been associated with a code; and
after receiving from the coding system information indicative of whether the identified term has been associated with a code, updating the user interface such that at least some terms associated with the assigned code are associated with a second visual indicia, wherein the first and second visual indicia appear differently to a user when displayed in the user interface.
6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the software further causes the system to:
upon receipt of the selection input, display other portions of at least some of the electronic documents that contain identified terms associated with the selection input.
7. The system of claim 5 , wherein aspects of a patient's encounter comprise diseases and procedures.
8. The system of claim 5 wherein the codes assigned via the coding system are ICD-based codes.
9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon, which upon execution, cause one or more processors to:
receive a plurality of electronic documents associated with a patient's encounter with a healthcare organization;
automatically identify terms in the plurality of electronic documents that are relevant to the patient's diagnosis or a procedure associated with the patient, wherein identifying terms comprises comparing terms within the plurality of electronic documents to terms in a database of terms;
cause display, in a user interface communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, of at least portions of the plurality of electronic documents with first visual indicia associated with the identified terms;
receive selection input associated with at least one of the identified terms;
upon receipt of the selection input, provide information indicative of the selection input to a coding system that facilitates assignment of codes to aspects of a patient's encounter with a healthcare organization;
after providing the information indicative of the selection input to the coding system, receive from the coding system information indicative of whether the identified term has been associated with a code; and
after receiving from the coding system information indicative of whether the identified term has been associated with a code, update the user interface such that at least some terms associated with the assigned code are associated with a second visual indicia, wherein the first and second visual indicia appear differently to a user when displayed in the user interface.
10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , further comprising instruction that upon execution cause the one or more processors to:
upon receipt of the selection input, cause display of other portions of at least some of the electronic documents that contain identified terms associated with the selection input.
11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein aspects of a patient's encounter comprise diseases and procedures.
12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the codes assigned via the coding system are ICD-based codes.
13. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the coding system, after receiving information indicative of the selection input, solicits information from a user related to potential codes.
14. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the coding system, after receiving information indicative of the selection input, uses at least the information indicative of the selection input to satisfy one or more coding-related inquiries.
15. The computer-implemented method of claim 14 , wherein the coding system, after satisfying the one or more coding-related inquiries, solicits additional input from a user related to further coding-related inquiries.
16. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the coding system, after receiving information indicative of the selection input, solicits a code selection input from the user associated with a diagnosis, procedure or condition related to the selection input.
17. The computer-implemented method of claim 16 , wherein the code selection input comprises information from the user that assists with the assignment of the code.
18. The computer-implemented method of claim 17 , further comprising: assigning, by the coding system, codes that are consistent with the code selection input.
19. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the codes assigned via the coding system are procedure codes.
20. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the codes assigned via the coding system are diagnosis codes.
21. The system of claim 5 , wherein the software causes the system to, after receiving information indicative of the selection input, solicit information from a user related to potential codes.
22. The system of claim 5 , wherein the software causes the system to, after receiving information indicative of the selection input, use at least the information indicative of the selection input to satisfy one or more coding-related inquiries.
23. The system of claim 22 , wherein the software causes the system to, after satisfying the one or more coding-related inquiries, solicit additional input from a user related to further coding-related inquiries.
24. The system of claim 5 , wherein the software causes the system to, after receiving information indicative of the selection input, solicit a code selection input from the user associated with a diagnosis, procedure or condition related to the selection input.
25. The system of claim 24 , wherein the code selection input comprises information from the user that assists with the assignment of the code.
26. The system of claim 5 , wherein the software causes the system to:
assign codes that are consistent with the code selection input.
27. The system of claim 5 , wherein the codes assigned via the coding system are procedure codes.
28. The system of claim 5 , wherein the codes assigned via the coding system are diagnosis codes.
29. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to, after receiving information indicative of the selection input, solicit information from a user related to potential codes.
30. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to, after receiving information indicative of the selection input, use at least the information indicative of the selection input to satisfy one or more coding-related inquiries.
31. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 30 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to, after satisfying the one or more coding-related inquiries, solicit additional input from a user related to further coding-related inquiries.
32. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to, after receiving information indicative of the selection input, solicit a code selection input from the user associated with a diagnosis, procedure or condition related to the selection input.
33. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 32 , wherein the code selection input comprises information from the user that assists with the assignment of the code.
34. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to:
assign codes that are consistent with the code selection input.
35. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the codes assigned via the coding system are procedure codes.
36. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the codes assigned via the coding system are diagnosis codes.