The coder reads the documentation to understand the patient's diagnoses assigned
Transforming of healthcare diagnosis, procedures, medical services, and equipment into universal medical alphanumeric codes
Creating uniform vocabulary for describing the causes of injury, illness & death is the role of medical coders
Medical coding allows for Uniform documentation between medical facilities
The main task of a medical coders is to review clinical statements and assign standard Codes
Keyskills: Medical Coding medical writing pharmaceutical health care services dentistry cpt medicine medical services icd hospital administration pharmacovigilance patient care medical affairs hcpcs hospital management clinical research cpc doctor activities