System and Method for Determining a Sufficiency of Data Entry in an Electronic Health Record

A method for determining a sufficiency of data entry in an electronic health record, comprising:

• receiving a packet of input data from a user, the input data reflecting patient problem, history, or diagnosis information;
• linking data elements in the packet with interface terminology data elements using a computer configured to map the patient problem, history, or diagnosis information to one or more external codes;
• mapping the interface terminology data elements corresponding to the linked data elements to data elements in a code set using the computer;
• processing the mapped data elements in the code set to determine permutations of code set elements;
• reducing the number of permutations determined in the processing step;
• sending the reduced number of permutations to a service selected from the group consisting of DRG encoder and DRG web service;
• and
• receiving a determination of whether sufficient information has been entered to generate at least one DRG that corresponds to the mapped data elements.