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MEDICAL CODING.
Medical Coding is the process of taking a patient's healthcare information like medical procedures, diagnosis, necessary medical equipment and medical services information from the doctor's notes. A medical coder transforms this information into universal medical alphanumeric codes. These are generally three types of universally known medical alphanumeric codes: International Classification Disease (ICD), Current Procedural Termination (CPT) and Healthcare Common Procedure Coding (HCPCS)
International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is created and maintained by World Health Organisation (WHO). The classification system is largely used for the purpose of health recording and data collection, among other uses. These codes can classify symptoms, diseases, illness and cause of death. For example, code J12.89 denotes pneumonia.
Pneumonia is an infection that inflames the air sac in one or both lungs. The air sacs may fill with fluid or pus causing cough with phlegm or pus, fever, chills and difficulty breathing. A variety of organisms including bacteria, viruses and fungi can cause pneumonia.
The Signs and Symptoms of pneumonia may include:
- Chest pain when you breathe or cough
- Confusion or changes in mental awareness
- cough
- fatigue
- fever, sweating and shaking chills
- Nausea, vomitting
- Shortness of breath.
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