A medical classification is used to transform descriptions of medical diagnoses or procedures into standardized statistical code in a process known as clinical coding Medical billing, a payment process in the united states healthcare system, is the process of reviewing a patient's medical records and using information about their diagnoses and procedures to determine which services are billable and to whom they are billed. Diagnosis classifications list diagnosis codes, which are used to track diseases and other health conditions, inclusive of chronic diseases such as diabetes mellitus and heart disease, and infectious diseases such as norovirus.
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Procedural classification used in the united statesthe current procedural terminology (cpt) code set is a procedural code set developed by the american medical association (ama)
It is maintained by the cpt editorial panel
[1] the cpt code set describes medical, surgical, and diagnostic services and is designed to communicate uniform information about medical services and procedures among. Evaluation and management coding (commonly known as e/m coding or e&m coding) is a medical coding process in support of medical billing Practicing health care providers in the united states must use e/m coding to be reimbursed by medicare, medicaid programs, or private insurance for patient encounters. A clinical coder —also known as clinical coding officer, diagnostic coder, medical coder, or nosologist —is a health information professional whose main duties are to analyse clinical statements and assign standardized codes using a classification system.
Diagnostic coding is the translation of written descriptions of diseases, illnesses and injuries into codes from a particular classification In medical classification, diagnosis codes are used as part of the clinical coding process alongside intervention codes.
