WHAT IS MEDICAL BILLING AND MEDICAL CODING
Medical billing and coding are two very relevant aspects in medical industry. Both practices are involved in the immensely important reimbursement cycle, which ensures that health care providers are paid for the services they perform. It is the coder’s job to take something that is written one way (for example prescription) and translate it as accurately as possible into a numeric or alphanumeric code. For every injury, diagnosis, and medical procedure, there is a corresponding code. For example, patient walks into a doctor’s office with a hacking cough, high production of mucus or sputum, and a fever. A nurse asks the patient their symptoms and performs some initial tests, and then the doctor examines the patient and diagnoses asthma. The doctor then prescribes some medication to the patient. Every part of this visit is recorded by the doctor or someone in the healthcare provider’s office. It’s the medical coder’s job to translate every bit of relevant information in ...