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Posted to user@ctakes.apache.org by "Hari, Sekhar" <se...@cgi.com> on 2017/10/22 08:06:33 UTC

Physical Therapy Lexicons

Hi -

Is cTAKES capable to identify 'Physical Therapy' lexicons/terms by default? Physical Therapy is a specialized area of medical field and as such it uses terms that are inherent to the profession. Alternatively, does SNOMED in UMLS cover these terms?

Thanks,
Sekhar H.

Re: Physical Therapy Lexicons

Posted by Jonas Spenger <sp...@informatik.hu-berlin.de>.

Hi,

I would suggest that you try out the online demo:
   ctakes-dictionary-lookup-fast found at
http://healthnlp.github.io/examples/

I assume it uses the "fast" UMLS CUI, Snomed-CT, RxNorm, etc.
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CTAKES/cTAKES+4.0+-+Fast+Dictionary+Lookup

Best regards,
Jonas

Jonas
email: spengerj@informatik.hu-berlin.de

Am 22.10.17 um 10:06 schrieb Hari, Sekhar:
> Hi -
>
> Is cTAKES capable to identify 'Physical Therapy' lexicons/terms by 
> default? Physical Therapy is a specialized area of medical field and 
> as such it uses terms that are inherent to the profession. 
> Alternatively, does SNOMED in UMLS cover these terms?
>
> Thanks,
> Sekhar H.

Re: Physical Therapy Lexicons

Posted by Matthew Vita <ma...@gmail.com>.

Sekhar,

Note that I am not a medical coding professional (just a developer in the
healthcare field) so take my suggestion with a grain of salt. I believe you
will find ICD-10 and CPT to meet your needs. ICD has codes for diagnoses
and CPT  handles the related services.

Here is a good resource I found on the subject:
https://www.webpt.com/cpt-codes

Note that you'll have to build your own dictionary for handling these.
Before getting into that, maybe studying up the codes first is best.

Thanks,

Matthew Vita
www.matthewvita.com

On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 1:06 AM, Hari, Sekhar <se...@cgi.com> wrote:

> Hi -
>
> Is cTAKES capable to identify 'Physical Therapy' lexicons/terms by
> default? Physical Therapy is a specialized area of medical field and as
> such it uses terms that are inherent to the profession. Alternatively, does
> SNOMED in UMLS cover these terms?
>
> Thanks,
> Sekhar H.
>