HOW TO USE

requirements: NODE
clone repo
run npm i;
copy data from item list.pdf
paste copied data into temp.txt
manually format data in temp.txt (use current temp.txt as example)
manually filter out any private data from temp.txt!

example temp.txt format:

${name} (String)
${item-id} (String || null)
${category} (String || null)
${line-item}
${line-item}
... more lines ...
\n
${name} (String)
... more lines ...
\n

example ${line-item}:

line-name + ' ' + payor-id + ' ' + date + ' ' + price

Valid line-name:

[ `Blue Cross`, `Medicaid`, `Medicare A`, `Medicare B`, `Private`, `Veterans` ]

(note: capitol first letter!)

run the program...

npm run go

the program will warn errors or duplicate keys;
if duplicate, manually handle duplicate key
reindent save.json
compare temp.txt data to save.json
your're done!

TEST THE CODE IS MACHINE READABLE

count the items

npm run count

1064 unique items found!

get the highest price item

npm run highest

{ name: 'IVC FILTER INSERTION', price: 13542 }

NOTES

Main Object Prototype `save.json`

(Object)
	name (Object) (String)
		name (String)
		item-id (String)
		category (String)
		items (Array)
			(Object)
				type (String)
				subtypes (Array)
					(Object)
						name (String)
						payor-id (String)
						subitems (Array)
							(Object)
								name (String)
								effective-date (String)
								price (String)

Other Notes

the resulting save.json object keys are string escaped for valid JSON, they won't match the pdf in some cases, for instance:

BLOOD COL. NEEDLE 21GX1/4"

becomes

BLOOD COL. NEEDLE 21GX1/4\"

(note the string escaped " character )

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