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Implementations of Terminology

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This chapter will not present a complete accounting of all terminology implementations. However, we will provide a survey of some of the more highly adopted terminologies. We will describe their scope and purpose, and we will discuss their implementation and the risks and benefits associated with employing each of these terminologies. In so doing we will provide examples of terminologies that can be used by healthcare informaticians to represent health knowledge and to use those representations for clinical decision support.

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    CPT: History and Role in the U.S. Healthcare System, American Medical Association, 2004

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    American Medical Association, Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®), 2011 Forward p. v

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    American Medical Association, Principles of CPT® Coding, 6th edn., 2010, p. 2

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    CPT: History and Role in the U.S. Healthcare System, American Medical Association, 2004

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    CPT® © 2010 American Medical Association; All rights reserved

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    American Medical Association, Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®), 2011, Forward p. X

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    Peter L. Elkin M.D., MACP, FACMI (Physician, Researcher and Author)

  2. Ridgefield, CT, USA

    Mark Samuel Tuttle AB, BE, FACMI (Apelon)

  3. Performance Improvement, American Medical Association, 515 N. State St, Chicago, IL, USA

    Marjorie Rallins DPM, MA & Jennifer Trajkovski MJ, RHIT, CHC

  4. CPT Medical Informatics and Healthcare Strategy, American Medical Association, 515 N. State St, Chicago, IL, USA

    Elizabeth Lumakovska MPA

  5. Department of Veterans Affairs and Vanderbilt, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Nashville, TN, USA

    Steven H. Brown M.D., MS, FACMI

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Elkin, P.L., Tuttle, M.S., Rallins, M., Trajkovski, J., Lumakovska, E., Brown, S.H. (2012). Implementations of Terminology. In: Elkin, P. (eds) Terminology and Terminological Systems. Health Informatics. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2816-8_8

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