MEDICAL CODING TRAINING IN KERALA

    Medical Coding and Billing – Is it a critical Role in Health Care Industry   The Medical Coding Medical coding is the transformation of health care diagnosis, procedures, medical services, and equipment into universal Alpha Numeric codes. The coding process is carried out by the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) owned by the World Health Organization. Some countries have modified this ICD to suits their research, nature of disease prevalence and their statistical needs. The major modified latest versions are ICD10CM (International Classification 10 th Revision Clinical Modification) and ICD10AM (International Classification 10 th Revision Australian Modification). Medical Coders take medical documentation from clinical teams, containing patient’s condition, the diagnosis, prescriptions, and procedures the doctor performed on the patient and turn that into codes, which is crucial for medical claims. Medical coding helps in facilitating the cl...