Classification of interventions in traditional Chinese medicine
Objective To describe the key systems used for Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) classification. Methods The TCM classifications used in the International Classification of Diseases-9 Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) volume 3, the ICD-10 Procedure Coding System, the International Classific...
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| author | Hongyong, Deng Adams, Clive E. Shokraneh, Farhad Shanghua, Liang |
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To describe the key systems used for Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) classification.
Methods
The TCM classifications used in the International Classification of Diseases-9 Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) volume 3, the ICD-10 Procedure Coding System, the International Classification of Health Interventions, and the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) and Chinese Traditional Medicine and Materia Medica Subject Headings (TCMeSH) thesauruses were compared regarding descriptive terms, structure, and features of TCM interventions.
Results
The National Library of Medicine's MeSH thesaurus is ubiquitous. The ICD-9-CM (volume 3), ICD-10 Procedure Coding System, and International Classification of Health Interventions cover insufficient concepts of TCM, and cannot be used directly as classification systems for TCM interventions. In contrast, the TCM contents of the TCMeSH thesaurus are complete, systematic, and detailed, and its hierarchical structure can be used for effective TCM classification.
Conclusions
TCM classification is very limited and flawed. The MeSH thesaurus helps decrease the detrimental effect of the language barrier. Similarly, the TCMeSH thesaurus can help those without full command of the Mandarin language to access Chinese literature, but the value of searches using TCMeSH could be improved by collaborative working with Information Specialists who are fluent in Mandarin and understand TCM. |
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| spelling | nottingham-514992019-04-11T04:30:30Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51499/ Classification of interventions in traditional Chinese medicine Hongyong, Deng Adams, Clive E. Shokraneh, Farhad Shanghua, Liang Objective To describe the key systems used for Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) classification. Methods The TCM classifications used in the International Classification of Diseases-9 Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) volume 3, the ICD-10 Procedure Coding System, the International Classification of Health Interventions, and the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) and Chinese Traditional Medicine and Materia Medica Subject Headings (TCMeSH) thesauruses were compared regarding descriptive terms, structure, and features of TCM interventions. Results The National Library of Medicine's MeSH thesaurus is ubiquitous. The ICD-9-CM (volume 3), ICD-10 Procedure Coding System, and International Classification of Health Interventions cover insufficient concepts of TCM, and cannot be used directly as classification systems for TCM interventions. In contrast, the TCM contents of the TCMeSH thesaurus are complete, systematic, and detailed, and its hierarchical structure can be used for effective TCM classification. Conclusions TCM classification is very limited and flawed. The MeSH thesaurus helps decrease the detrimental effect of the language barrier. Similarly, the TCMeSH thesaurus can help those without full command of the Mandarin language to access Chinese literature, but the value of searches using TCMeSH could be improved by collaborative working with Information Specialists who are fluent in Mandarin and understand TCM. Elsevier 2018-04-11 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51499/1/Hongyong%202018.pdf Hongyong, Deng, Adams, Clive E., Shokraneh, Farhad and Shanghua, Liang (2018) Classification of interventions in traditional Chinese medicine. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine . ISSN 0255-2922 Classification; Intervention; Medicine Chinese Traditional; Medical subject headings https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcm.2018.04.003 doi:10.1016/j.jtcm.2018.04.003 doi:10.1016/j.jtcm.2018.04.003 |
| spellingShingle | Classification; Intervention; Medicine Chinese Traditional; Medical subject headings Hongyong, Deng Adams, Clive E. Shokraneh, Farhad Shanghua, Liang Classification of interventions in traditional Chinese medicine |
| title | Classification of interventions in traditional Chinese medicine |
| title_full | Classification of interventions in traditional Chinese medicine |
| title_fullStr | Classification of interventions in traditional Chinese medicine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Classification of interventions in traditional Chinese medicine |
| title_short | Classification of interventions in traditional Chinese medicine |
| title_sort | classification of interventions in traditional chinese medicine |
| topic | Classification; Intervention; Medicine Chinese Traditional; Medical subject headings |
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