![]() They also came to know about information retrieval tools used by medical coders which help them associate medical entities to relevant ICD codes. He said that to automate the process of medical coding, the team decided to mimic the work of the medical coders by understanding the portions they specifically look in the medical records while doing the medical coding. Talking about the major challenges in developing an AI based tool for medical coding, he explained that there is lack of explainability, large label space (large number of medical codes) and difficulty in getting the large amounts of labelled data for AI research due to privacy issues. ![]() He further said that these medical codes are important for physicians as well as insurance companies which require it while settling the insurance claims but medical coding is a tedious human powered process and automating the process even partially can help the insurance companies in settling the claims in the stipulated time period of 3-6 months which was the main motivation behind developing BUDDI.AI tool. and medical coding is a task where the medical records are codified to simplify and summarize medical records which otherwise are lengthy and run over various pages. Medical records, he explained, are printed or handwritten documents that have a history of a patient’s illness, diagnosis, medications, surgical procedures etc. Sudarsun commenced the talk by explaining about medical records and medical coding. The talk was delivered by Sudarsun Santhiappan (Co-founder of BUDDI.AI) and Jeshuren Chelladurai (Research scientist at BUDDI.AI). To know more about BUDDI.AI, a talk on “AI Powered Automatic Medical Coding of Electronic Health Records'' was organized as a part of second RBCDSAI AImpact Seminar on 12th August 2021. BUDDI.AI aims to change that by partially automating the process using AI technology. ![]() ![]() Medical coding (codifying the medical records) has essentially remained a human powered job since its inception. Sudarsun Santhiappan Jeshuren Chelladurai. ![]()
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