SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEARCHING FOR MEDICAL CODES

摘要

Systems and methods are disclosed for searching medical codes representing medical diagnoses or procedures. One method includes: performing one or more iterations of visually selecting one of the descriptive attributes to produce search results displayed on a keyboard-like user interface, wherein the search results include other descriptive attributes and medical codes; and selecting the desired medical code from the search results, wherein the one or more iterations includes (1) an order of selecting descriptive attributes and (2) a group of descriptive attributes, and there is more than one order or more than one group of descriptive attributes that can be visually selected to produce a search result. Systems and computer readable media for executing these methods are also disclosed.

主权项

1. A method for searching medical codes representing medical diagnoses or procedures, wherein descriptive attributes are assigned to each of the medical codes, at least some of the descriptive attributes including categories comprising other of the descriptive attributes, the method comprising:
performing one or more iterations of visually selecting one of the descriptive attributes to produce search results displayed on a keyboard-like user interface, wherein the search results include other descriptive attributes and medical codes; and selecting the desired medical code from the search results, wherein the one or more iterations includes (1) an order of selecting descriptive attributes and (2) a group of descriptive attributes, and there is more than one order or more than one group of descriptive attributes that can be visually selected to produce a search result.