Medical Coding Course Training in Nagercoil

 MEDICAL CODING.                 Medical Coding is the transformation of healthcare procedures, diagnosis, treatment received, equipment used into universally accepted alphanumeric codes. Medical Coders uses a set of codes for coding purposes. The codes include ICD, CPT and HCPCS.              ICD codes or International Classification of Codes are set of codes published and managed by World Health Organisation (WHO). These codes contains signs and symptoms or any other abnormal findings in a patient. For instance K00.7 denotes teething in babies.                  The symptoms of teething include irritability, disturbed sleep, swollen or inflamed gums, drooling, appetite loss, rash around the mouth, slight fever, diarrhoea, increased biting and gum-rubbing, and even rubbing of the ears.                       ...

MEDICAL CODING.                 Medical Coding is the transformation of healthcare diagnosis on a patient including diagnosis, treatment received, prescription, equipment used into alphanumeric codes for which makes up the crucial role for medical insurance. These codes generated are billed to insurance companies to claim insurance for payment purposes.  Medical coders uses a set of codes for coding purposes which includes, ICD, CPT and HCPCS.                        The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is a classification system used by medical professionals to classify and code diagnoses, symptoms, and procedures. The codes are used for tracking and billing purposes, as well as for research and epidemiological studies.  Examples of ICD-10 codes include:  J45.909 – Asthma, unspecified. R07.9 – Pain, unspecified.   Z79.4 – Long-term (current) use o...

MEDICAL CODING                       Medical Coding is the transformation of healthcare procedures like diagnosis, treatment received, prescriptions, equipment used by a patient into universally accepted codes. The codes are then used to maintain patient records, to bill insurance companies and government health plans and to track public health. Medical coders use classification systems to assign numerical codes to patient records. These codes are mainly ICD, CPT and HCPCS.                      Medical coders are responsible for coding patient medical records for insurance and hospital record keeping. They review patient records for accuracy and completeness, assign codes for diagnosis and procedures, and ensure the accuracy and completeness of the coded data. They must be knowledgeable of coding systems and the changes in codes due to advances in medicine and technol...

 MEDICAL CODING.                                Medical Coding is the conversion of  healthcare procedures of a patient such as diagnosis, prescriptions, treatment received, equipment used and more by a healthcare professional or a doctor into universally accepted codes. These codes are really important as they make up the insurance claims . These codes are later billed to insurance companies to claim insurance for payment purposes. The medical coders uses a set of specific codes for coding purposes. They include ICD, CPT and HCPCS.                               International Classification of Diseases or ICD codes are set of codes which is published and managed by World Health Organisation (WHO). These codes contains signs and symptoms, treatments, diagnosis, or any other abnormal findings in a patient. For instance ...

MEDICAL CODING .                                             Medical coding is the transformation of healthcare diagnosis, procedures, medical services, and equipment into universal medical alphanumeric codes.The basic task of a clinical coder is to classify medical and health care concepts using a standardised classification. Inpatient, mortality events, outpatient episodes, general practitioner visits and population health studies can all be coded.                                  A Medical Coder  requires a good knowledge of  medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, a basic knowledge of clinical procedures and disease and injuries and other conditions. A clinical coder uses a set of codes for assigning codes.                    ...