A simple broken bone In the world of healthcare, medical diagnoses are encoded to improve transparency. This is necessary because they can be formulated in such a wide variety of different ways. For example, a patient may suffer from the following: - a broken arm - a distal radius fracture - a fractura radii loco classico - a closed extension fracture of the distal radius - a Raikar’s fracture, left - a bone fracture of the left distal forearm - an Fx of the dist. radius l. - a Colles fracture Even though they are constructed from different words and