Round/Modules Input CC Examples Output CC Examples
Pre-cleaning Round
1. Basic cleaning
a. fever$
b. "headache x3 wks"
c. chest pain
d. BACK INJURY
a. fever
b. headache x3 wks
c. chest pain
d. back injury

Round 1 - Replace & Correct
1. Replacement - abbreviations, acronyms, truncations

2. Spelling correction

a. needs rx refill
b. allerg rx
c. diarr
d. fb eye

a. hemorhoids
b. vomitting

a. needs prescription refill
b. allergic reaction
c. diarrhea
d. foreign body eye

a. hemorrhoids
b. vomiting

Round 2 - Punctuation & Segmentation
1. Replace punctuation

2. Eliminate unnecessary abbreviations

3. Process coordinate structures

4. Segment on punctuation

5. Replace punctuation

6. Extract common terms

a. h/a
b. blood culture +

a. c/o leg injury
b. nausea w/vomiting

a. back and shoulder pain

b. edema ankle/foot

a. cough, aching all over

b. sore throat; cold

a. fall!from 6feet
b. burn-finger

a. fever worse at night

b. toothache ears stopped up

a. headache
b. blood culture positive

a. leg injury
b. nausea vomiting

a.1. back pain
a.2. shoulder pain

b.1. edema ankle
b.2. edema foot

a.1. cough
a.2. aching all over

b.1. sore throat
b.2. cold

a. fall from 6 feet
b. burn finger

a.1. fever
a.2. worse at night

b.1. toothache
b.2. ears stopped up

Round 3 - Deletion
1. Delete modifiers, qualifiers

2. Delete temporal information

a. right leg injury
b. severe chest pain
c. recent seizure
d. status post headache

a. bee sting yesterday
b. dizzy last am
c. eye redness 3 days

a. leg injury
b. chest pain
c. seizure
d. headache

a. bee sting
b. dizzy
c. eye redness