Exploring Medical Coding and Billing When I was younger I use to pretend to be a doctor or nurse. It was always fun to go around and check to see who had a heart beat, who was bleeding, and who was hurt. I knew that I wanted a career in the medical field, but was unsure if I really wanted to be a doctor or a nurse. I thought the only career was to be a doctor or nurse. Of course, the medical profession is larger than that. It includes office staff, EMT’s, nurses, physician assistants, and several other kinds of physicians. While the opportunities are endless in this career field, I have decided that being a doctor or nurse was not what I really wanted to do. It takes too long; the schooling alone is longer than four years. I was not willing to spend more than four years in school. Instead I decided that I wanted to do something that is in the same field as a doctor or nurse. Yet, something that takes less time in school to get a degree for. In addition, I wanted it to be something that I could do to help doctors, nurses, and patients. That is when I found out that Medical Coding and Billing is what I wanted to do. Medical Coding and Billing can help doctors by handling all the paperwork that has to be submitted to the insurance companies. They can also help by sending medical bills out to all the patients that have been seen by the doctor. Medical Coding and Billing requires an Education Getting an education is an important part of working in the field of Medical coding and billing. In order to work in the medical coding and billing field a person has to have at least a high school diploma or equivalent. Some employers’ prefer their employees have an Associate Degree in Medical Billing and Coding. Although other employers’ pr... ... middle of paper ... ... that a person must have. A medical coding specialist must be able to be patient, and be able to focus on details. Works Cited Hvizdash, S. (n.d.). Medical Billing Jobs and Updates. Retrieved May 23, 2010, from Healthcare Jobs: http://www.healthcarejobs.org/updts.htm Medical Billing & Coding Careers. (n.d.). Retrieved May 7, 2010, from All Allied Health Schools: http://www.allalliedhealthschools.com/fags/medical-coding-career Medical Coding Specialist. (2002-2004). Retrieved May 23, 2010, from Health Careers Center: http://www.mshealthcareers.com/careers/medicalcoding.htm Oldhand, T. (n.d.). A Job Description for Medical Billing and Coding. Retrieved May 23, 2010, from EHow: http://www.ehow.com/about_6329113_job-description-medical-billing-coding.html?ref=Track2&utm_source=ask Sloviter, V. (Sept-Oct 2009). Medical Billing 101. Pediatrics for Parents , 25.
Healthcare professionals: Seek the beneficence and nonmaleficence of the patient by giving them truthful and accurate documented services and charging fair legal rates according to standard industry protocols that are reproducible, verifiable, and truthful for the services
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A certified medical biller is one who passes the Certified Medical Reimbursement Specialist Exam and because of the certification, they are greatly sought after. Medical billing presents the chance for a well-organized, task-oriented individual to use her eye for specificity in a crucial role within the health care industry. A biller with a good sense of self-concept can communicate effectively because they are confident in themselves, they can accurately rea...
Medical coding is the conversion of diagnosis and healthcare procedures and services into the universally accepted ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases, CM and PCS) or CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) alphanumeric codes. These diagnoses and procedure codes are abstracted from the medical record documentation provided by a physician. The coding professionals ensure each ICD-10 code is assigned appropriately and correctly. The ICD-10 alphanumeric codes are imperative to the billing process, and allow the facility and physician to create claims that are paid either by the patient or insurance carriers. An inpatient coder is a medical coder that assigns codes to diagnosis and healthcare procedures and services in inpatient facilities.
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Medical coder and biller have as a goal to make sure that the provider that they work for gets their reimbursement for all their services. Unfortunately is common to incur in some human and electronics errors while submitting the claims. These errors would prevent the insurance companies from paying the bills, rejected it and returned it to the biller, so the claim can be corrected and resubmitted. Bellow I will explain some common errors of claim rejection.
The importance of medical coding is they make coding claims accurately for submission to insurance payers. Secondly, medical coders are specialists who interpret medical reports written by physicians and other healthcare providers into simple medical. Also, medical coder interprets descriptive terms for billing purpose.
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With the change of codes, medical facilities and physicians may need to make sure their employees are well trained in anatomy and physiology. Incorrect codes or rejected claims can hurt the health care facility and the patient, it could even lead to a loss of revenue or a medical mistake with a patient. With the accuracy of the medical coder and biller along with their knowledge of anatomy and physiology claims are being
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The healthcare field is ripe with opportunities, and the rapid growth extends beyond medical professionals. For an individual considering a career in the healthcare industry they have to set and accomplish goals which are important aspects of life-changing. Careers often successful begin through the education that suitable to support individual professional goals. An individual should establish an action plan that consists of professional goals which used to influence decisions in the chosen career, skills required, and skills to improve, the ultimate plan, an organization that offers valuable insight, and what strategies used to make these goals evident.
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Over the last years, attention to public health issues has been increasing as well as aspirations to high health standards. Medical professions are in high demand because of the need of constant improvements of the health care system. The medical field offers a wide range of valued career paths and opportunities that differentiate by their responsibilities, obligations, educational requirements, and salary. When considering a career in health care, it is very important to analyze all the aspects involved and then determine the choice that best fit the person needs.