In French hospitals, medical diagnosis coding with the ICD10 is commonly performed and the use of effective tools would help coders in their task.#R##N##R##N#Aim of this work#R##N#to ameliorate an existing coding help system. This system, which already consists of the ICD10 analytical index, would be increased with the terms of the alphabetical index that includes lexical variants and additional terms as well. The addition of the second volume of the ICD would allow the coding of more terms and would lessen documentary silence.
['Christine Bouchet', 'Olivier Bodenreider', 'F. Kohler']
Integration of the analytical and alphabetical ICD10 in a coding help system. Proposal of a theoretical model for the ICD representation.