Application of Clinical Department-Specific AI-Assisted Coding Using Taiwan Diagnosis-Related Groups: Retrospective Validation Study.

Journal: JMIR human factors
PMID: 39937826

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The accuracy of the ICD-10-CM (International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification) procedure coding system (PCS) is crucial for generating correct Taiwan diagnosis-related groups (DRGs), as coding errors can lead to financial losses for hospitals.

Authors

  • An-Tai Lu
    School of Post-Baccalaureate Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
  • Chong-Sin Liou
    Intelligent System Lab, College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
  • Chia-Hsin Lai
    Intelligent System Lab, College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
  • Bo-Tsz Shian
    Intelligent System Lab, College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
  • Ming-Ta Li
    Department of Medical Records, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
  • Chih-Yen Sun
    Department of Information Technology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
  • Hao-Yun Kao
    Department of Healthcare Administration and Medical Informatics, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City 80708, Taiwan.
  • Hong-Jie Dai
    Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taitung University, Taiwan. Electronic address: hjdai@nttu.edu.tw.
  • Ming-Ju Tsai

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