In order to correctly report on health-care claims the conditions that patients have and
the services they receive during office visits, medical assistants need to understand the
basics of medical coding. Medical coding is the translation of medical terms for diagnoses
and procedures into code numbers selected from standardized code sets. Codes on health-care claims explain to payers that the services
patients received were medically necessary and complied
with the payer's rules. Finding the correct codes can
require detective work! The reward is accurate claims that
bring the maximum appropriate reimbursement to the
physicians in your medical office. |