Design, development and first validation of a transcoding system from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10 in the IT.DRG Italian project

Vincenzo Della Mea; Omar Vuattolo; Lucilla Frattura; Flavia Munari; Eleonora Verdini; Loris Zanier; Laura Arcangeli; Flavia Carle

Design, development and first validation of a transcoding system from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10 in the IT.DRG Italian project

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2015:210:135-9.

Authors

Vincenzo Della Mea¹, Omar Vuattolo¹, Lucilla Frattura², Flavia Munari¹, Eleonora Verdini³, Loris Zanier⁴, Laura Arcangeli⁵, Flavia Carle⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Udine.
² Central Health Directorate, Classification Area, Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, and Italian WHO-FIC Collaborating Center, Italy.
³ Health Information System Service, Emilia Romagna Region, Italy.
⁴ Central Health Directorate, Health Information System Service, Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Italy.
⁵ Ministry of Health, VI Office, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 25991117

Abstract

In Italy, ICD-9-CM is currently used for coding health conditions at hospital discharge, but ICD-10 is being introduced thanks to the IT-DRG Project. In this project, one needed component is a set of transcoding rules and associated tools for easing coders work in the transition. The present paper illustrates design and development of those transcoding rules, and their preliminary testing on a subset of Italian hospital discharge data.

Publication types

Evaluation Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Validation Study

MeSH terms

Electronic Health Records / organization & administration*
Information Storage and Retrieval / methods
International Classification of Diseases / classification*
Italy
Medical Record Linkage / methods*
Natural Language Processing*
Patient Discharge
Patient Discharge Summaries / classification*
Software Design
Software Validation
Software*
Translating