A Novel ICD Coding Framework Based on Associated and Hierarchical Code Description Distillation

arXiv:2404.11132v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: ICD(International Classification of Diseases) coding involves assigning ICD codes to patients visit based on their medical notes. ICD coding is a challenging multilabel text classification problem due to noisy medical document inputs. Recent advancements in automated ICD coding have enhanced performance by integrating additional data and knowledge bases with the encoding of medical notes and codes. However, most of them ignore the code hierarchy, leading to improper code assignments. To address these problems, we propose …

abstract arxiv automated classification code coding cs.cl diseases distillation document framework hierarchical inputs international medical notes novel patients performance text text classification type