Ontologically driven procedure coding

A computer system comprising:

• a database comprising memory for storing clinical data;
• and
• one or more computer processors operatively coupled to an interactive display and in communication with the database, the one or more computer processors configured to:
• receive clinical data comprising narrative text;
• identify one or more sequenced words within the narrative text;
• map each of the one or more sequenced words to one or more semantic objects of an ontology, wherein (a) the ontology defines classes of the one or more semantic objects corresponding to axes of a multi-axial coding scheme, (b) the ontology defines concepts of a conceptual data resource, (c) the classes of the one or more semantic objects define a hierarchical structure in the ontology, and (d) the hierarchical structure defines relationships between the one or more semantic objects;
• convert the one or more semantic objects into characters;
• generate a partial code by, at least in part, outputting the one or more characters into one or more slots based on the multi-axial coding scheme, wherein (a) the partial code comprises at least one blank slot, and (b) in the multi-axial coding scheme, each position of a character within the partial code corresponds to a semi-independent axis of classification;
• generate, a request for each of the at least one blank slot, wherein the request is requesting additional clinical data to populate the at least one blank slot;
• responsive to receiving the additional clinical data, map at least a portion of the additional clinical data to at least one additional semantic object of the ontology;
• convert the at least one additional semantic object into at least one additional character;
• and
• generate a complete code by, at least in part, outputting the at least one additional character into the at least one blank slot.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having program code embedded thereon, the program code executable on a processor of a computer system to perform processes for:

• receiving clinical data comprising narrative text;
• identifying one or more sequenced words within the narrative text;
• mapping each of the one or more sequenced words to one or more semantic objects of an ontology, wherein (a) the ontology defines classes of the one or more semantic objects corresponding to axes of a multi-axial coding scheme, (b) the ontology defines concepts of a conceptual data resource, (c) the classes of the one or more semantic objects define a hierarchical structure in the ontology, and (d) the hierarchical structure defines relationships between the one or more semantic objects;
• converting the one or more semantic objects into characters;
• generating a partial code by, at least in part, outputting the one or more characters into one or more slots based on the multi-axial coding scheme, wherein (a) the partial code comprises at least one blank slot, and (b) in the multi-axial coding scheme, each position of a character within the partial code corresponds to a semi-independent axis of classification;
• generating a request for the at least one blank slot, wherein the request is requesting additional clinical data to populate the at least one blank slot;
• responsive to receiving the additional clinical data, mapping at least a portion of the additional clinical data to at least one additional semantic object of the ontology;
• converting the at least one additional semantic object into at least one additional character;
• and
• generating a complete code by, at least in part, outputting the at least one additional character into the at least one blank slot.