Making the connection between standard terminologies, use cases and mapping.
Clinical data captured at the point of care using a standard terminology can be efficiently and effectively used for a variety of administrative and secondary purposes such as reimbursement, vital and health statistics trending, and health policy decision making. Maps are created with a specific purpose in mind and refined for particular use cases. They should be understandable, reproducible and useful. Driven by a philosophy of "code once, use many times", after clinical care is recorded in an electronic health record (EHR) using a standard terminology, mapping tables can be used to identify the related code(s) in legacy terminologies.
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American Health Information Management Association, Chicago, IL 62707, USA. kathy.giannangelo@ahima.org
D049228:Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System / Q000145:classification / Q000592:standards*; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000592:standards*; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014481:United States