title: A system for reporting gynecologic procedures. A linguistic-logical approach.
abstract: A system was developed for reporting gynecologic procedures at Chicago Lying-In Hospital. The system is designed to report procedures and treatments performed during both inpatient stays and outpatient visits. Key features of the system are (1) the automatic encoding of all gynecologic procedures in both the ICD (International Classification of Diseases) and CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) coding systems, (2) the use of an independent program to maintain and update a multiply referenced network of operative procedures and (3) the use of a cross-indexing system that allows each procedure to be accessed in several ways and according to several patterns of keys (billing code number, CPT category, common abbreviation and/or linguistic feature).
mesh_terms: D003201:Computers; D005260:Female; D005836:Genitalia, Female / Q000601:surgery*; D006748:Hospital Departments; D006753:Hospital Records; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D009775:Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital; D011247:Pregnancy; D011996:Records