Question

One page paper about medical coding job description

Answer 1

Medical coding refers to the use of universal medical code numbers to describe the diagnosis and procedures in the healthcare field

The job description of the medical coding job or a medical coder is as following

• Review patient medical records and assign codes
• Should be systemic,specific about illness before coding
• Should help in identifying the cause of illness and providing best treatment by avoiding side effects
• Not to reveal the code to any stranger other than healthcare provider
• Have adequate knowledge on government regulations and insurance payers policy.
• Should conduct audit and review the coding in the documents to provide accurate data
• Should solve the coding error communicating with the insurance company
• Should contact the providers and the healthcare team in regards to the closing provided to the patients
• A statistical data should be provided after complete analysis and research
• Team work with the billing session is a must to complete the work quickly
• The epidemic and pandemic outbreaks should be considered on direct surveillance method
• Familiar with ICD9 and ICD10