Adding perl scripts to load billing codes

OpenEMR Development
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sunsetsystems wrote on Wednesday, April 20, 2005:

I have some Perl scripts at http://www.refercare.org/openemr/ that are useful for loading CPT codes, descriptions and fees, and HCPCS and ICD9 codes and descriptions.  The scripts also contain comments that tell you how to get the needed input files.

I thought I would add the scripts to the repository, perhaps in a new "util" directory.  Any objections?

– Rod <rod at sunsetsystems dot com>

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andres_paglayan wrote on Wednesday, April 20, 2005:

there is a new place holder for those,
openemr/contrib/
you can create the utils dir

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sunsetsystems wrote on Wednesday, April 20, 2005:

Done.

– Rod <rod at sunsetsystems dot com>

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markleeds wrote on Wednesday, April 20, 2005:

Very cool scripts.

I really love Perl.  If there was any interest rebuilding some or all of OpenEMR in Perl, I would definitely want to be involved.

The CGI::Application framework would be perfect and Class::DBI for database interaction.

Then again, anything you can do in Perl, you can probably do in PHP.  It’s just a different way of thinking.

Thanks for the cool scripts and links to get the data.

Mark

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sunsetsystems wrote on Wednesday, April 20, 2005:

Thanks!

Perl is like coffee.  It’s hard to like at first, but once you get used to it, you can hardly get through the day without it.  Or something like that.  :wink:

But for web pages, PHP is where I get the most done with the least hassle.

– Rod <rod at sunsetsystems dot com>