“A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words” with Eye Diseases Identification

Abstract

“A picture is a thousand words” is a proverb that is used in many languages. This means that a single still image
can describe or express feelings and communicate as much as we can use words to describe thousands of words in
a short time. the doctor in the medical record The doctor will usually draw a picture of the abnormality detected or
the pathology of the patient coming for treatment on the examination record. to make it easy to see and understand
convenient and fast Reduce the time for writing detailed descriptions. in the examination of eye illnesses as well If we
bring pictures to describe eye disease In one picture the doctor draws at each treatment. May help disease coders to
understand and code the disease completely and accurately. Because most doctors may only diagnose one disease. due to
the complete and correct disease code It is important to the health system’s data. The World Health Organization therefore
has set guidelines for disease coding of all countries in the world in the same direction by creating The International
Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th : ICD 10 to be useful in tracking data and disease statistics
in research. and public health, so the inspector must record all the information for accurate and complete disease coding
as well But the limitation in the examination time and the number of patients that exceed the examination service time.
May prevent the doctor from writing or describing as much detail as he wants Difficult to read medical handwriting
Or sometimes it’s an abbreviation that the coder doesn’t understand. The drawings recorded by the physician may be
a guide for coding eye diseases. This will benefit the foundation of the country’s public health system in the future.