DELPHI METHOD FOR MEDICAL CODING
Systems and methods provide confirmation of accuracy of determining medical codes for medical records. The technology may include processor control instructions or steps for establishing a collection of medical documents as a test sample and for determining a convergence of assigned medical codes for the sample that have been assigned by a plurality of coders to establish a standard of one or more accepted medical codes for the sample. The technology may include instructions for applying the sample to a coding system to obtain a determined medical code for the sample; and for comparing the determined code to the accepted medical codes to rate the coding system's accuracy. In some embodiments, the determined medical codes may be obtained by a software coding algorithm that automatically assigns medical codes to medical records. Moreover, the comparing step may be performed by an algorithm that automatically calculates a rate of the coding system.
1 . A method for coding medical documents comprising:
presenting a set of documents to each of a plurality of game contestants in a user interface;
receiving input from at least one of the user interfaces concerning a potential classification code for the set of documents; and
determining a score for at least one of the plurality of game contestants based on the received input from the user interface.
2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining an accepted classification code for the set of documents from input of the user interfaces of the plurality of game contestants.
3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising determining the score based on the determination of the accepted classification code.
4 . An automated system for coding medical documents comprising:
user interfaces to present a set of electronic medical documents to each of a plurality of game contestants; and
processor control instructions programmed to receive input from at least one of the user interfaces concerning a potential classification code for the set of electronic medical documents; and
processor control instructions to determine a score for at least one of the plurality of game contestants based on the received input from the user interface.
5 . The automated system of claim 4 , further comprising processor control instructions to determine an accepted classification code for the set of electronic medical documents from input of the user interfaces of the plurality of game contestants.
6 . The automated system of claim 5 , further comprising processor control instructions to determine the score based on the determination of the accepted classification code.