Application of Clinical Department–Specific AI-Assisted Coding Using Taiwan Diagnosis-Related Groups: Retrospective Validation Study

An-Tai Lu   ^{1, 2} , MSc ;   Chong-Sin Liou   ³ , MSc ;   Chia-Hsin Lai   ³ ;   Bo-Tsz Shian   ³ ;   Ming-Ta Li   ² , BBA ;   Chih-Yen Sun   ⁴ , BSc ;   Hao-Yun Kao   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Hong-Jie Dai   ^{5, 6, 7, 8 *} , PhD ;   Ming-Ju Tsai   ^{2, 9, 10 *} , PhD

¹ Department of Healthcare Administration and Medical Informatics, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

² Department of Medical Records, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

³ Intelligent System Lab, College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

⁴ Department of Information Technology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

⁵ Department of Electrical Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

⁶ School of Post-Baccalaureate Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

⁷ National Institute of Cancer Research, National Health Research Institutes, Tainan, Taiwan

⁸ Center for Big Data Research, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

⁹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

¹⁰ Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

*these authors contributed equally