Medical Coding in Trivandrum

MEDICAL CODING                             Medical Coding is the transformation of a patient's healthcare diagnosis, treatment received, prescriptions and more into alphanumeric codes. These codes are taken from the healthcare professionals lab reports or notes. These codes are important as they make up the whole payment claim.                        Medical Coders use a set of previously assigned codes for coding purpose. These codes are mainly ICD, CPT and HCPCS. ICD codes are International Classification of Diseases are set of codes published and managed by WHO. These codes are diagnostic codes. For instance, H40.9 denotes Glaucoma.                       Glaucoma is a group of eye disease that can cause vision loss and blindness by damaging a nerve in the back of your eye called the optic nerve. ...

MEDICAL CODING                             Medical Coding is the conversion of a patient's healthcare diagnosis, prescriptions, treatment received, equipment used, and other procedures by a healthcare professional into alphanumeric codes. Medical Billers bills these generated codes to insurance companies to claim insurance. These codes must be accurate as they make up the whole payment claim.                          Medical Coders use a set of previously assigned codes for coding purpose. These codes includes ICD, CPT and HCPCS. ICD codes are set of diagnosis codes, which contains signs and symptoms or any abnormal findings on a patient. For instance ICD code, L84 denotes Callus on Skin.                               A callus is a rough, thickened area of skin that appears...

MEDICAL CODING                               Medical Coding is the process of analyzing clinical reports and notes of a patient from a doctor and assigning codes to them accordingly. Medical coders generate these codes by following the coding guidelines and laws and following a set of previously assigned codes, which includes ICD, CPT and HCPCS codes.                     ICD Codes or International Classification of Diseases are set of codes published and managed by World Health Organizations. These codes contains signs and symptoms, diagnosis, or any other abnormal findings in a patient. For instance, ICD Code M27. 40 denotes Cyst of Jaw.                           Jaw tumors and cysts are relatively rare growths or lesions that develop in jawbone or the soft tissues in the mouth and face. They...

MEDICAL CODING                                                                     Medical Coding is the conversion of a patient's healthcare diagnosis, treatment received, equipment used during the treatment, procedures, signs and symptoms and more into alphanumeric codes. These codes are really important as they make up the whole payment claim. The medical codes generated are sent to insurance companies to claim insurance for payment purposes.                        Medical Coders uses a set of previously assigned code for coding purpose. These includes ICD, CPT and HCPCS. CPT codes are procedural codes and HCPCS codes are codes denoting the equipment used during a healthcare services. ICD codes are set of diagnostic codes which contains signs and sympt...

MEDICAL CODING                                   Medical Coding is the transformation of a patient's healthcare diagnosis, procedures, medical services and equipment into universal alphanumeric codes. These codes are generated from doctor's notes, laboratory and radiologic results etc. By assigning proper codes, medical coders are creating a claim to be paid by insurance providers. Hence these codes must be accurate as they make up the whole payment claim.  Medical Coders use a set of assigned codes for coding purpose which includes : ICD or International Classification of Diseases : These codes are published and managed by World Health Organization (WHO) . These codes contains diseases, injuries, signs and symptoms or any other abnormal findings on a patient. These are diagnostic codes. CPT or Current Procedural Terminology : These codes are owned by American Medical Association, describing ser...

MEDICAL CODING                             Medical Coding is the conversion of a patient's healthcare diagnosis, treatment received, treatment received, equipment used by a healthcare professional or a doctor into universally accepted alphanumeric codes. These are important as they make up the whole claim for payment purpose.                           Medical Coders use a set of codes for coding purpose, which includes ICD, CPT and HCPCS. CPT codes or Current Procedural Terminology are codes used for procedures done and HCPCS are Healthcare Common Procedural Coding System are codes used denoting, equipment used during healthcare procedure.                         ICD Codes or International Classification of Diseases are set of diagnostic codes denoting, diagnosis, signs and symptoms or any oth...

MEDICAL CODING                               Medical Coding is transformation of a patient's healthcare diagnosis, prescription, treatment received and more into alphanumeric codes. These codes are generated from some previously assigned codes which includes ICD, CPT and HCPCS.                               ICD codes or International Classification of Diseases are set of codes set by World Health Organization (WHO).These are diagnostic codes which contains, signs and symptoms or any other abnormal findings on a patient. For instance ICD code, J15.9 denotes Bacterial Pneumonia.                          Bacterial Pneumonia is caused by a bacteria called streptococcus pneumoniae, which finds its way into the lungs then multiples. It can occur on its own or develop after another...

MEDICAL CODING                           Medical Coding is the process of assigning codes to a patient's healthcare diagnosis, procedures, process, treatment used, equipment used and more. These codes are later billed to insurance companies to claim insurance for payment purposes. These codes must be accurate as they make up the whole claim. This process is known as Medical Billing.                               Medical Coding and Billing are two separate process but still they are necessary feature of a healthcare service as they are important for receiving payment.  There are certain skills that a Medical Coder must posses : Communication Skills Problem Solving Organizational Skill Time Management Knowledge in Medical Terminology Interpersonal Communication skills                  A Medical Coder ...

MEDICAL CODING                               Medical Coding is the transformation of a patient's healthcare procedures, diagnosis, treatment received, equipment used and more into alphanumeric codes. These codes are generated from a previously assigned set of codes, which includes ICD, CPT and HCPCS.                                 International Classification of Diseases or ICD Codes are set of codes published and managed by World Health Organization (WHO). These codes are diagnostic codes which contains diagnosis, signs and symptoms or any other abnormal findings on a patient. For instance ICD 10 CM Code, E34.9 denotes Endocrine Disorders.                                 Endocrine Disorders are set of diseases which effects on endocrine system. If...

MEDICAL CODING                             Medical Coding is the conversion of a patient's healthcare diagnosis, treatment received, signs and symptoms and more into alphanumeric codes. These codes are used for billing purpose for claiming insurance for payment purpose. Responsibilities of Medical Coder : They take out patient encounters from the lab results and transform them into codes.  Research and analyze data for compensation Makes sure the codes are according to coding guidelines and regulations Identifies errors in the documents.                        Medical Coders uses a set of previously assigned codes for coding purpose, which includes, ICD, CPT and HCPCS. ICD codes are codes published and managed by World Health Organization (WHO),which contains diagnosis of a patient. CPT Codes or Current Procedural Terminology are procedural codes and HC...

MEDICAL CODING                         Medical Coding is transformation of a patients healthcare procedure, process, treatment received, equipment used and more into alphanumeric codes. These information are taken from healthcare professional's report or lab results and more. Coders convert these information into codes by using previously assigned alphanumeric codes which includes, ICD, CPT and HCPCS.                        A Medical Coder make sure that the codes are assigned properly and are according to coding guidelines. They even verifies patient's documents for accuracy. They serve as a resource for other medical coders or assistants.                A Medical Coder should posses a good communicational skills, organizational skills, computer skills and they should be able to maintain confidentiality of patient information....

MEDICAL CODING                     Medical Coding is the process of assigning alphanumeric codes to patient's diagnosis, treatment received and equipment used into alphanumeric codes. Medical Billing is the process of billing these generated codes to insurance company so as to claim insurance for payment purpose. These codes must be accurate as they make up the whole payment claim.                          Medical Coders uses a set of previously assigned codes for coding purpose which includes ICD,CPT and HCPCS. CPT Codes or Current Procedural Terminology are set of codes which denotes procedures in a healthcare system, HCPCS or Healthcare Common Procedural Coding System are set of Codes which denotes equipment used in a healthcare procedures.                           ICD Codes or International Classificat...

MEDICAL CODING                      Medical Coding is the process of assigning codes to a patient's healthcare process, procedures, diagnosis and more. Medical Coding provides uniform documentation between medical facilities. Medical Coders uses a set of previously assigned codes like ICD, CPT and HCPCS.                              ICD Codes or International Classification of Diseases are set of Codes published and managed by World Health Organization (WHO). These codes contains a patients medical condition, diagnosis, signs and symptoms or any other abnormal findings on a patient.                           CPT Codes or Current Procedural Terminology are set of codes which denotes uniform language for procedures and medical services.                 ...

MEDICAL CODING                     Medical Coding is the transformation of a patient's healthcare procedures, process, treatment received, equipment used and more into alphanumeric codes. These codes are generated using a set of previously assigned codes including, ICD, CPT and HCPCS. These codes are later billed to insurance companies to claim insurance for payment purpose.                           ICD Codes or International Classification of Diseases are set of codes published and managed by World Health Organization. These codes contains a patient's diagnosis, signs and symptoms or any other abnormal behavior found on a patient. For instance ICD Code, M79.11 denotes, Myalgia of Mastication of Muscles.                        Masticatory Myalgia is characterized as a persistent ache on the jaw, temple muscle...

MEDICAL CODING                             Medical Coding is the conversion of healthcare procedures, signs and symptoms, diagnosis or any other abnormal findings on a patient by a healthcare professional or a doctor into universally accepted alphanumeric codes. These codes make up the whole payment purpose.                           Medical Coders uses a set of assigned codes for coding purposes, which includes ICD, CPT and HCPCS. CPT codes are procedural codes while HCPCS codes are codes for equipment used. ICD Codes or International Classification of Diseases are set of code denoting diagnosis of a patient. For instance, ICD 10 CM code B58.9 denotes toxoplasmosis.                       Toxoplasmosis is an infection with a parasite called Toxoplasma gondii. Toxoplasmosis can cause severe lung...

MEDICAL CODING                       Medical Coding is assigning codes to a patient's healthcare procedures, processes, treatment received, equipment used and more. Medical Coding is essential in healthcare system as it enables a common language in healthcare system. These codes are required by insurance companies.                    Medical Coders must make sure the codes generated are accurate as it is billed to insurance companies. These codes make up the whole payment claim for the patient.                     Medical Coders uses a set of assigned codes for coding purposes including, ICD,CPT and HCPCS. ICD codes or International Classification of Diseases are set of codes denoting diagnosis, CPT codes or Current Procedural Codes are set of codes denoting procedures in a healthcare system, HCPCS are set of codes Healthcare Co...

MEDICAL CODING                       Medical Coding is the transformation of a patient's healthcare diagnosis, procedures, signs and symptoms or any other abnormal findings by a healthcare professional into alphanumeric codes.                        Medical Billers bills these generated codes to health insurance companies to claim insurance for patient's payment purposes. These codes must be accurate as they make up the whole payment purpose. Medical Coders uses a set of codes for coding purposes which includes ICD, CPT and HCPCS.                        Medical Coding is an important feature of healthcare industry . It is important as it translates a patient's healthcare information into a universal language and which is easily accessible to the healthcare professionals all around the world. This codes are used t...

MEDICAL CODING                       Medical Coding is the conversion of a patient's healthcare process, procedures, diagnosis, equipment used, treatment received or any other abnormal behavior on a patient into universally accepted alphanumeric codes. Medical Coders uses a set of previously assigned codes for coding purpose, which includes, ICD, CPT and HCPCS.                    ICD Codes or International Classification of Diseases are set of codes published and managed by World Health Organization (WHO). These codes denotes diagnosis, signs and symptoms or any other abnormal behavior on a patient. For instance ICD code , G00.9 denotes Bacterial Meningitis.                  Bacterial Meningitis are the disease that is caused by bacteria which affects the membranes covering spinal cord and brain. It can cause life threatening problem...