Medical Coding in Alappuzha

MEDICAL CODING                                Medical Coding is the transformation of a patients' healthcare process, diagnosis, procedures, treatment received, prescriptions, equipment used and more into alphanumeric codes. These codes are generated by extracting information of a patient from their healthcare providers notes, lab results or any other tests. These codes are later billed to insurance companies to claim it for their payment purposes. Medical Coders, generate these codes with the help of previously assigned codes like, ICD, CPT and HCPCS.                                ICD Codes or International Classification of Diseases are set of diagnostic codes set aside by WHO, World Health Organisation. These codes contains a patients diagnosis, signs and symptoms, causes of illness and death and more. For instance ICD Cod...

MEDICAL CODING                                               Medical Coder is a healthcare professional who converts a patients' healthcare diagnosis, procedures, treatment received, process and prescriptions into alphanumeric codes. These codes are later billed to insurance companies to claim insurance for the payment purposes.                                        Medical Coders uses a set of previously assigned codes for coding purposes, which includes, ICD, CPT and HCPCS Codes . ICD Codes or International Classification of Diseases are set of codes published and managed by WHO, which denotes the diagnosis of a patient and CPT Codes or Current Procedural Terminology are set of codes which denotes the procedures done during a healthcare process. HCPCS codes or Healthcare...