# Classifying medical notes into standard disease codes using Machine Learning

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.00382 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/1802.00382/

## Key facts

- Cited by 2 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 1 Feb 2018.

## Built on by (most cited first, 2 of 2)

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- [Secondary Use of Clinical Problem List Entries for Neural Network-Based Disease Code Assignment](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2112.13756/) (2021)

## Abstract (arXiv)

We investigate the automatic classification of patient discharge notes into standard disease labels. We find that Convolutional Neural Networks with Attention outperform previous algorithms used in this task, and suggest further areas for improvement.