What is the relationship between the DLP and existing standards such as ICD and CPT?
Examples of existing classification schemes include the International Classification of Disease (ICD), Current Procedural Terminology (CPT), Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine-Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT), Laboratory (LOINC), and Medical Entry Subject Headings (MESH) to name just a few. These classification schemes are inadequate to support dermatologic research as they were designed to fulfill particular needs, such as the financial transactions (CPT), bibliographic indexing and retrieval (MESH), exchange of laboratory data (LOINC) or for the purpose of computerized record keeping (SNOMED/READ). Additionally, these classification schemes were not created by dermatologists who have the expertise needed to accurately reflect the specialty. The DLP is working to map its term set to these classification schemes so that it may be integrated and compatible with these systems.
