Health Terminology Standards: A Comparative Study for the Patient Complaint Translation System

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When providing an acceptable diagnosis, health terminology helps with the right usage of language to describe illnesses, ailments, and symptoms in patients. There could be serious repercussions for the healthcare industry if this specification is unclear. Uniformity in medical terminology becomes essential when discussing the integration of automation and artificial intelligence into the scenario. The International Standards Organization (ISO) states that terminologies should be formal groupings of concepts that are linguistically unconnected, with a preferred name, suitable synonyms, and links between the concepts clearly expressed for each concept. To assist decision support systems, data sharing between health information systems, epidemiological analysis, research to support health services research, administrative task management, and other activities, standard terminology should be utilized in an electronic health record (EHR). This study examines ten popular clinical terminologies, including LOINC, NDC, and SNOMED Clinical Terms (SNOMED- CT), along with their histories, purposes, kinds, and structures. They also consist of CDT, CPT, RxNorm, HCPCS-Level II, and ICD-10, as well as ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, and ICD-10. Each criterion's advantages and disadvantages will be considered in this investigation. A comparative analysis is conducted by analyzing multiple terminologies to identify the advantages and disadvantages of each one separately.