The creation of digital records with the details of medical treatment, clinical tests, and medical trials is called clinical documentation which is a core process of every patient encounter. Accurate and timely clinical documentation that reflects the scope of services provided properly helps to represent a patient’s clinical status accurately so that it can be […]
Settings that Provide a Career for Medical Coders
Healthcare industry is one which doesn’t have any slowdown and is constantly growing. This industry is home to a lot of professions for several people and one such profession is medical coding which didn’t even exist some years ago and now plays a critical role in the healthcare industry. The significance of medical coding jobs […]
Dealing with ICD-10 Codes and Diagnostic Errors
The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is a global tool and standard for the reporting of diseases and health conditions and identifying the health trends and statistics. The ICD codes are intended to enable doctors to acquire better data and make increasingly educated treatment choices for their patients. It is mandatory for healthcare providers to […]
Common Summer Diseases Medical Coders Should Know
From June, the summer season starts which brings with it various health conditions resulting from the outdoor activities and outdoor trips people plan to beat the heat. These health conditions and ailments hamper the enjoyment of summer holidays. Reports suggest that healthcare facilities encounter nearly double the cases in emergency departments in this season with […]
Easy Tips to Master Medical Terminology
One of the biggest hurdles for newbie healthcare documentation professionals is mastering medical terminology. Anyone who wants to make a career in the healthcare industry in the areas of medical transcription, medical coding, or medical billing has to learn medical terminology and human anatomy and master these so as to be accurate and flawless in […]
Team Building Skills that Employees Should Master
Every organization needs teams that work well together to achieve its organizational goals and for this, employers look for people who have team building skills. Having skills that help in building and managing a team successfully is a preferred qualification for many jobs and whether you are in a managerial role or part of a […]
Medical Coding and its Role in Revenue Optimization
Healthcare revenue cycle is impacted by different processes and their efficacy levels with each stage of a process showing its impact on the next stage and other processes. Healthcare providers and medical coding companies should work considering this fact and remember that even the minutest problems or mistakes that are left unaddressed can lead to […]
Ways to Take Control of Medical Accounts Receivables
One common thing that bothers healthcare providers is poor accounts receivables management and the unacceptable cash flows resulting thereby. Healthcare providers can focus on providing quality healthcare only when they have proper revenues and problems in accounts receivables result in loss of revenue. The revenue cycle management of a healthcare provider involves achieving the shortest […]
Guidelines Coders Should Follow to Pick Pain Codes
ICD-10-CM, the system that healthcare providers use to classify and code diagnoses and procedures of care provided, specifies certain guidelines to choose the codes assigned to pain management. Medical coding professionals should update their knowledge about the official guidelines for coding and reporting in order to assign codes with the highest levels of accuracy. The […]
Understanding the Future of Healthcare Documentation
One of the most critical processes in the healthcare industry is healthcare documentation or medical transcription that eases the job of the physicians and the support staff to a great extent. For the people who want to make a career with the healthcare documentation jobs, the future really looks optimistic. There are many technological aspects […]