Read this interesting blog post to find out about the three types of codes used in medical coding. Get to know why it’s important to use these codes.
What is medical coding? What does a medical coder do? A coder is a professional who will collect medical reports from a physician and turn that information (the condition of the patient, the diagnosis of the doctor, the prescription and any other procedure that the physician performed on the patient) into a set of codes. These codes form a crucial part of the medical claims.
Here are three types of codes that you will come across in medical coding.