title: [Computer assisted codification of diagnosis. Experience in a neurology/neurosurgery service].
abstract: The aim of this report is to show a dBase III+based program designed to assign the International Classification of Diseases codes to medical diagnoses. The principal features, advantages and limitations diagnoses. The principal features, advantages and limitations of the program are depicted and its yield with different users in a Neurology and Neurosurgery department is analyzed. It is concluded that this is a user friendly software with minimal hardware requirements that can be used in any clinical setting.
authors.affiliation: Depto. de Neurología, Neurocirugía Hospital J J Aguirre, Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yáñez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Castillo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jaque
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Soto
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stipo
mesh_terms: D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D004194:Disease / Q000145:classification; D006748:Hospital Departments; D006801:Humans; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009462:Neurology; D009493:Neurosurgery
vernacular_title: Codificacion de diagnósticos asistida por computador. Experiencia en un servicio de neurología/neurocirugía.