Artificial Intelligence to Improve Clinical Coding Practice in Scandinavia: Crossover Randomized Controlled Trial.
Journal:
Journal of medical Internet research
Published Date:
Jul 3, 2025
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Clinical coding is critical for hospital reimbursement, quality assessment, and health care planning. In Scandinavia, however, coding is often done by junior doctors or medical secretaries, leading to high rates of coding errors. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools, particularly semiautomatic computer-assisted coding tools, have the potential to reduce the excessive burden of administrative and clinical documentation. To date, much of what we know regarding these tools comes from lab-based evaluations, which often fail to account for real-world complexity and variability in clinical text.
