Computer Assisted Coding Market Forecast by 2023 March 2017 | Page 4

Computer Assisted Coding: Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts,
Worldwide, 2016 to 2022
Next generation Computer Assisted Coding of medical information is able to leverage natural
language software technology to support some automation of the billing process and use of analytics
to achieve higher quality patient outcomes. Computer assisted coding of medical information uses
natural language solutions to link the physician notes in an electronic patient record to the codes
used for billing Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance companies
Computer assisted coding applications depend on the development of production quality natural
language processing (NLP)-based computer assisted coding applications. This requires a process-
driven approach to software development and quality assurance.
A well-defined software engineering process consists of requirements analysis, preliminary design,
detailed design, implem