Method and apparatus for checking codings in the health service
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1. A method for checking a patient'"'"'s associated codings in the health service, which comprises the following method steps:
- receiving a patient'"'"'s associated codings in the health service using a central database, the codings being associated with a medical profile of the patient, receiving medical data suitable for describing the patient'"'"'s treatment using the database, and carrying out a check to determine whether the codings can be associated with the actual treatment of the patient.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for checking a patient'"'"'s associated codings in the health service, the codings being associated with a medical profile of the patient.
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1. A method for checking a patient'"'"'s associated codings in the health service, which comprises the following method steps:
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receiving a patient'"'"'s associated codings in the health service using a central database, the codings being associated with a medical profile of the patient, receiving medical data suitable for describing the patient'"'"'s treatment using the database, and carrying out a check to determine whether the codings can be associated with the actual treatment of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus for checking a patient'"'"'s associated codings in the health service, comprising
a central database to which data associated with the codings and medical data suitable for describing the patient'"'"'s treatment can be transmitted, the codings being associated with a medical profile of the patient, and an evaluation device having a knowledge-based system which checks the plausibility of the data associated with the coding and of the data associated with the patient'"'"'s treatment.
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