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Millan-Fernandez-Montes ACorresponding AuthorPerez-Rey D.AuthorHernandez-Ibarburu GAuthor

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September 14, 2020
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Mapping clinical procedures to the ICD-10-PCS: The German operation and procedure classification system use case

Publicated to: Journal Of Biomedical Informatics. 109 (103519): 103519- - 2020-09-01 109(103519), DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2020.103519

Authors:

Millan-Fernandez-Montes, A; Perez-Rey, D; Hernandez-Ibarburu, G; Palchuk, M B; Mueller, C; Claerhout, B
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Affiliations

Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros Informaticos, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid - Author
Kortrijksesteenweg 214B3, Sint Martens Lateen, Belgium - Author
TriNetX Inc, 125 Carnbridgepk Dr,Suite 500, Cambridge, MA 02140 USA - Author
TriNetX Inc. - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Dept Inteligencia Artificial, ETSI Informat, Biomed Informat Grp, Madrid 28660, Spain - Author
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Abstract

© 2020 Mappings among terminologies to ensure homogeneous analysis among different data sources is one of the key challenges of semantic interoperability. Concretely, mappings to the International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision Procedure Classification System (ICD-10-PCS) are especially challenging due to its multiaxial structure and lack of terms used by physicians (many terminologies used in real world data (RWD) are initially intended for reimbursement, not for clinical purposes). In this work, we propose a new theoretical methodology for mapping healthcare data to the ICD-10-PCS by exploiting its multiaxial structure to reduce the search spaces within concepts and leveraging the dependencies between axes for inferring additional relevant information. We tested this methodology with a subset of the German Operation and Procedure Classification System (OPS), aiming to integrate heterogeneous data sources queried for clinical research.
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Keywords

Clinical proceduresEhrHumansIcd-10-pcsInformation storage and retrievalInternational classification of diseasesLexical matchingMapping methodologyOpsPhysicians

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Journal Of Biomedical Informatics due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2020, it was in position 3/30, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Medical Informatics. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-12-19:

  • WoS: 2
  • Scopus: 6
  • Europe PMC: 2
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-12-19:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 44 (PlumX).
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Belgium; United States of America.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (MILLAN FERNANDEZ-MONTES, ALBA) .

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been MILLAN FERNANDEZ-MONTES, ALBA.

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