AAPC Medical Coding Course
MEDICAL CODING Medical coding converts healthcare diagnoses, practises, services, and supplies into standard medical alphanumeric codes. These diagnosis and procedure codes are derived from documentation found in medical records, such as notes transcribed by doctors, laboratory and radiologic data, etc. Professionals in medical coding assist in ensuring that the codes are correctly applied during the medical billing process, which entails extracting the necessary information from the supporting documentation, assigning the proper codes, and generating a claim that will be reimbursed by insurance companies. A medical coder uses the patient's medical record, which includes records like doctor's notes, test results, and listings of services, to assign diagnosis and treatment codes. Medical coding is the process of removing the medical information from the documentation that is readily available, assigning the proper diagnostic and pr...