The goal of the CPT code project would be to create a version of procedure codes for use in billing in the US that could be freely distributed. While it would be nice to fit this into an overarching ontology, this would introduce overhead which is not warranted. The CPT codes themselves are a dead end (except for billing in the US) from both intellectual property and information design standpoints and the task of an ontology of procedures is better left to something more suitable such as Snomed or ICD or even the HCPCS.
I think KISS applies here. /Mark --- In openhealth@yahoogroups.com, Adrian Midgley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Rod Roark wrote: > > > > > > Perhaps I don't understand what you mean, but CPT codes are just for > > procedures. The project I was suggesting was limited to restating the > > descriptions for them, with about the same standards for preciseness > > currently found in CPT. A broader scope would be very daunting. > > > > > > > > > > > > But if we are going to do (an) ontology, let us not handicap ourselves > by building it for just one lot of data. It could be written one > chapter at a time, certainly. >
