Medical coding training course in Nagercoil
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 physician's notes. A medical coder transforms this information into universal medical alphanumeric codes. They use specific codes as diagnosis codes. International Classification of Diseases or ICD codes are used as diagnosis codes. ICD codes are managed and published by World Health Organisation (WHO). It contains codes for diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances and external causes of injury or diseases. For example ICD code C88.2 denotes Heavy Chain Disease. ...