Understanding ICD-10-CM
By: Charlie Harp The ICD in ICD-10-CM stands for “international classification of diseases”, the “10” is the revision, and the “CM” stands for “Clinical Modification”. (It should be noted that there are other ICDs as well, ICD-O-3 is an oncology classification used by...
Clinical Terminologies in Healthcare Applications
By: Charlie Harp But Charlie, you look so young! Over the past two decades, I have been on the battlefield of Healthcare IT. Throughout this time, I have been in many roles, ranging from programmer and systems designer, to chief technology officer. During this time, I...
SNOMED-CT Core Subset – Significant Changes in July File
By: Charlie Harp For those of you evaluating the use of the SNOMED-CT Core Subset, you need to be aware that the NLM has made some non-trivial changes to the format and content of the subset file in the latest (second) release dated 200908 (July). If you have...
Drug Allergy Alerts; What You Need To Know
By: Charlie Harp One of the most often implemented clinical decision support modules, across the spectrum of healthcare applications, is drug allergy checking. In drug allergy checking a patient’s allergies, or prior adverse reactions, are noted. When a drug is...