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MEDICAL CODING
Medical coding is the translation of medical reports into a shortcode used within the healthcare industry. This helps summarize otherwise cumbersome medical reports into efficient, data-friendly codes. Medical coders are individuals responsible for translating physicians’ reports into useful medical codes.
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TYPES OF MEDICAL CODING
3 Main types of Medical code that you must know!
- ICD (International Classification of Diseases)
- CPT (Current Procedural Terminology)
- HCPCS (Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System)
- Certified Professional Coder (CPC)
- Certified Outpatient Coding (COC)
- Certified Inpatient Coder (CIC)
- Certified Coding Specialist (CCS)
- Certified Medical Coder (CMC)
CLASSIFICATION TYPES
A statistical classification brings together similar clinical concepts and groups them into categories. The number of categories is limited so that the classification does not become too big. An example of this is used by the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (known as ICD). ICD groups diseases of the circulatory system into one "chapter," known as Chapter IX, covering codes I00–I99. One of the codes in this chapter (I47.1) has the code title (rubric) Supraventricular tachycardia. However, there are several other clinical concepts that are also classified here. Among them are paroxysmal atrial tachycardia, paroxysmal junctional tachycardia, auricular tachycardia and nodal tachycardia.
Another feature of statistical classifications is the provision of residual categories for "other" and "unspecified" conditions that do not have a specific category in the particular classification.
In a nomenclature there is a separate listing and code for every clinical concept. So, in the previous example, each of the tachycardia listed would have its own code. This makes nomenclatures unwieldy for compiling health statistics.
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