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 problems. Some of the symptoms may include :
- Fever
- Headache
- Stiff neck
- Seizures and more.
Meningitis results from ear or sinus infection, a skull fracture or even from non infectious causes like chemical reaction, drug allergy etc.
CPT Codes or Current Procedural Codes are set of codes which contains procedures took place in a healthcare process and HCPCS are Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System which denotes equipment used in a healthcare system.
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