Medical Coding is the process of converting a diagnosis or symptoms, procedures, and drugs into codes. This will help the doctors/providers, nurses, or hospitals to get proper payment from the insurance companies. Medical Coding is also known as insurance coding. The American Health Information Management Association offers certification in this field.
Medical Billing and Medical Coding are actually two separate career paths. Some employers combine both the roles into one position; but most of the practices, Providers or hospitals employ specialists in each area.
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