Derek L Nichols

US Patent:

20160267232, Sep 15, 2016

Filed:

Nov 13, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/941445

Inventors:

- Franklin TN, US
Michael Finke - Pittsburgh PA, US
John McKenna - Cumming GA, US
Derek Nichols - Douglasville GA, US

Assignee:

MMODAL IP LLC - Franklin TN

International Classification:

G06F 19/00

Abstract:

A computer system increases the efficiency with which billing codes may be generated based on a chart, such as a medical chart. The computer system provides the chart to a computer-assisted coding (CAC) module, which produces an initial set of billing codes and an initial assessment of the accuracy and/or completeness of the codes. The computer system decides whether to send the initial set of billing codes to an initial human reviewer. If the computer system sends the initial set of billing codes to the initial human reviewer, then the initial human reviewer reviews the chart and the output of the CAC module, and attempts to fix errors in the CAC output. The system provides the chart and the current (initial or modified) codes to a final human reviewer, who may be more highly skilled than the initial human reviewer, for final verification and modification.