Medical Coding Orientation
Medical Coding Orientation
Medical Coding Orientation
The first and only Medical Coding School in the Philippines Offers online distance learning Subsidiary of Pinoy Data Capture Inc. Acredited and authorized by the American Academy of Professional Coders
is a leading Document Management/software Development Service Agency providing fast, efficient and accurate services for our clients in the US. has highly qualified individuals who have been in this business since 1997 provides medical entry and coding services for hospitals and medical offices
founded in 1988 has a membership base of 111,000 worldwide, 80,000 of which are certified and represent the best in outpatient coding. educational offers both precertification needs and postcertification CEU requirements.
US COUNTERPARTS:
HCBI:
LOCAL UNIVERSITY OR AAPC-ACCREDITED; NO NEED TO COLLEGE LEAVE THE COUNTRY (DEPENDING ON WHERE STATE YOU ARE); MAY BE AAPC-ACCREDITED OR NOT
MENTOR: FACULTY OF THE COLLEGE OF UNIVERSITY; FEES CAN GET AS HIGH AS $13,000 (INCLUSIVE OF BOOKS, ETC.)
MENTOR: BARBARA COBUZZI; FEES ARE >60-70% CHEAPER (INCLUSIVE OF BOOKS, ETC.) CERTIFICATION REVIEW/PROCESS/EXAM INCLUDED APPRENTICESHIP
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The process by which doctors and hospitals receive payment from health insurance companies. A series of procedures that require a deal of time and skill by certified professionals. The most crucial element is medical coding.
An individual who uses a set of published codes such as ICD-9 for reporting services and products provided to an insurer of the recipient of the care These codes allow insurance companies to map the service providers services to their equivalent.
1. Records/reports/charts are saved and transferred using various methods. 2. Encoded and transformed into codes, and stored for pooling purposes. 3. The codes are checked for quality control, and eventually for quality assurance. 4. Data (codes) are transferred, and downloaded for billing purposes.
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