Patent ID: 8751920

Claim:
A method comprising: on a computer system comprising at least one server computer, maintaining a stored list of medical codes; for each electronic medical-chart image in a plurality of batches of electronic medical-chart images, the computer system allowing the electronic medical-chart image to be viewed and coded in a single software application, the allowing comprising: causing the electronic medical-chart image to be displayed in a first part of the single software application; and providing a search interface for searching the stored list of medical codes in a second part of the single software application; receiving, via the search interface, a search request based on information from the displayed electronic medical-chart image; locating at least one medical code in the stored list responsive to the search request; receiving identification of a selected medical code of the at least one medical code; receiving selection of a position on the displayed electronic medical-chart image at which the selected medical code is to be published; publishing the selected medical code, at the position, directly on the displayed electronic medical-chart image; and causing the published selected medical code to be displayed, at the position, directly on the displayed electronic medical-chart image; and saving the electronic medical-chart image with the published selected medical code as a modified electronic medical-chart image; and the computer system tracking a number of medical codes assigned per electronic medical-chart image and per batch.