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Evaluating a large language model for identifying key comorbidities in discharge summaries of patients with obesity: a comparative validation study against ICD codes using MIMIC-IV.

Jul 2026 · International Journal of Obesity · 0 citations · 20 references
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The LLM showed promising concordance with ICD codes for T2DM, HTN, OSA, and HLD in obesity patient discharge summaries, including against ICD-9/10 coding and against manual review.

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