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Role: Medical Coder

Provided data fields have been configured for medical coding via MedDRA and WHO Drug dictionaries, data collected against those fields becomes eligible for coding in the Medical Coding > Data module. Here, ClinSpark provides an opportunity to auto-code terms by looking for a best match in the respective dictionary or the opportunity to manually code each term by browsing the dictionary tree. If collected data is updated after initial coding has occurred, the user is prompted to re-code the updated term.

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For this dictionary we only search against LLT, but we perform search in three different ways relaxing search contains more and more and thus lowering confidence level.

Confidence

Search Target

Search Match

Example

50%

LLT

Partial Match on first part of the term

Influenza B → Influenza

75%

LLT

Partial Match on entire term

Influen → Influenza

100%

LLT

Full Match on entire term

Influenza → Influenza

LLT* = Lowest Level Term

Example with full match:

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For this dictionary we do not calculate confidence level, and instead we allow an employee to select best option from the drop down list of matching items. We use the following sequence of searches to build a list of matching items:

Priority

Search Target

Search Match

Example

1

Any Drug Name (Generics and Non Generics)

Full Match

Remicade → Remicade

2

Any Drug Name (Generics and Non Generics)

Partial Match

Remi → Remicade, Infliximab

Example with full match in Generic and Trade names:

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