Our Medical Coding Services
Accurate Coding.
Better Reimbursement.
The challenge is that there are thousands of
conditions, diseases, injuries, and causes of death,
and there are also thousands of services performed
by providers and an equal number of injectable drugs
and supplies to be tracked. These are categorized
using medical coding to make reporting and monitoring
simpler. In the field of healthcare, every disease,
process, and tool has its own set of names, acronyms,
descriptors, and eponyms. All of these components
are presented in an alpha-numeric style through
medical coding, which standardizes their language
and makes it easier to manage, understand, and alter.
The main task of a Medical Coder is to review the
patient’s medical record (i.e., the transcription of
the doctor’s notes, ordered laboratory tests,
requested imaging studies, and other sources) to
verify the work that was done by applying standard
coding guidelines and assign codes using CPT,
ICD-10-CM, HCPCS Level II classification systems
and modifiers. It’s very important to assign the
correct set of codes and modifier combinations to
patient’s medical records before a claim is sent
over to the insurance for processing since these
records are used not just to establish medical
necessity to the insurance for services but also
to ensure correct reimbursement for a medical
practitioner’s time and efforts involved in
delivering a level of care and services to the
patient on the day of the visit. Complying with
the best standard practices would mean improved
regulatory compliance with fewer or no denial for
the practice, resulting in faster payments with
reduced costs and increased revenue.