Covhisto: A Web Application for Cross-Version Visualization and Analysis of ICD-10-GM and OPS.

Studies in health technology and informatics Pub Date : 2025-09-03 DOI:10.3233/SHTI251394

Tessa Ohlsen, Simon Müller, Josef Ingenerf

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Introduction: The ongoing development of medical coding systems such as ICD-10-GM and OPS presents challenges in ensuring compatibility across versions. This paper introduces Covhisto, a web application for visualizing and analysing changes across multiple versions.

Methods: Covhisto uses crosswalk tables published by the German Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) and data processing pipeline to track changes between ICD-10-GM and OPS versions. Key features include methods for following individual code histories and analyzing structural changes in the coding systems.

Results: Covhisto allows users to trace code evolution and identify changes not automatically captured. Unlike existing solutions, Covhisto creates a ConceptMap across all versions, offering a comprehensive view of changes over time.

Conclusion: Finally, Covhisto complements existing solutions by making complex code changes more transparent and easier to understand, supporting healthcare professionals and researchers in their analyses and promoting interoperability of healthcare data.

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Covhisto：用于ICD-10-GM和OPS跨版本可视化和分析的Web应用程序。

简介：ICD-10-GM和OPS等医疗编码系统的持续发展在确保不同版本之间的兼容性方面提出了挑战。本文介绍了Covhisto，一个用于可视化和分析多个版本之间变化的web应用程序。方法：Covhisto使用德国联邦药物和医疗器械研究所（BfArM）公布的人行横道表和数据处理管道来跟踪ICD-10-GM和OPS版本之间的变化。主要功能包括跟踪单个代码历史和分析编码系统中的结构变化的方法。结果：Covhisto允许用户跟踪代码演变并识别未被自动捕获的更改。与现有的解决方案不同，Covhisto在所有版本之间创建一个ConceptMap，提供随时间变化的全面视图。结论：最后，Covhisto补充了现有的解决方案，使复杂的代码更改变得更加透明和易于理解，支持医疗保健专业人员和研究人员进行分析，并促进医疗保健数据的互操作性。

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