There are several VA FileMan tables that contain CPT codes. These are redacted before the VistA FOIA is posted for public use. They can be restored simply by running the installation prepared for VOE that the AMA posts at https://catalog.ama-assn.org/Catalog/product/product_detail.jsp?productId=pr od600004?checkXwho=done
(watch the line-wrap) The Lexicon Utility is a package in VistA that cross-indexes over 30 different coding systems in use in VA. It provides a convenient means to enter free text and identify the likely candidate codes for care providers to use. One can screen by certain criteria so the selections are narrowed to begin with. One can have predefined criteria by subject area as well as by individual user. And you can put in the code from one coding system and get back candidate codes (and their English expressions). You can also view how codes relate to each other in their parent-child relationships and associations. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of K.S. Bhaskar Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 12:45 PM To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] Cross reference between ICD-9 and CPT codes Thanx, Cameron. I did not realize that the CPT codes are proprietary. Since he is working for NIST, and since he didn't initiate the project (he just applied to be an intern at NIST; they chose him and assigned him to the group he is working in), I presume the group has already purchased the CPT codes or plans to purchase the CPT codes. What is the Lexicon Utility package? Rather than just throwing the data anywhere, are there some globals/files that he should use in preference to others? Thank you very much. Regards -- Bhaskar Cameron Schlehuber wrote: > > To the extent feasible that is already in place in VistA. Note that some > codes (actually, many codes) do not have a one-to-one correspondence, so > some codes in one system or the other may have one-to-many or one-to-none > relationships. Also note that as CPT codes themselves are copyrighted > and > licensed, such a cross-reference cannot be FLOSS. > > What he may want to do is purchase a license from AMA on the web and > pick up > the data to install in a recent copy of the VistA FOIA. Then he can > use VA > FileMan and in particular the Lexicon Utility package to surf the > relationships. > _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
