Medical Billing and Coding in Tampa, Florida, USA and India

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Medical Coding and Billing American Healthcare
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What is Medical Coding? Medical Coding is the
process of transformation of information
about patient diagnosis, checkup details,
Procedures, symptoms, medications, clinical
statements, healthcare services and equipment
into alphanumeric codes.
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What is Medical Billing? Medical billing is the
process of submitting and following up of medical
insurance claim in order to get payment from
insurance companies for services provided by
healthcare provider.
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Medical Coding Process Flow
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• Medical Coding Process Flow
• Collecting patient information Secure accessing
  of charts from information management systems.
• Pre-coding Coders code the procedure,
  diagnostic details etc.
• ICD and CPT coding Coding have mainly 2 parts,
  procedural and diagnostic. ICD for diagnostic and
  CPT for procedural. Medical coders check the
  compatibility of diagnostic and procedural codes.
• Quality check First of all quality is checked
  by quality experts. Then the coded files will
  forward to clients for quality check.
• Client feedback According to client feedback,
  coding team will work for 100 client
  satisfaction.

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• 3 Types of Medical Codes
• ICD (International Classification of Diseases)
• CPT (Current Procedure Terminology)
• HCPCS (Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System)

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ICD (International Classification of
Diseases) ICD is a standard diagnostic tool.
ICD-9-CM is a set of HIPAA transaction codes
used to indicate patient diagnosis details by
doctors, hospitals, and other health workers.
ICD-10-CM is a revision of the ICD-9-CM. Which
is used to code all diagnosis, symptoms,
procedures etc.
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CPT (Current Procedure Terminology) CPT code set
is published, maintained, annually updated and
copyrighted by American Medical Association
(AMA). It is used to code the medical
procedures.
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HCPCS (Healthcare Common Procedure Coding
System) HCPCS code set is developed on the basis
of CPT codes by CPT's developer organization
(CMS) and maintained by American Medical
Association (AMA). It is used to code services,
procedures, and equipment not covered by CPT
codes.
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American Healthcare Technologies (AHT) is doing
dual coding (ICD 9 ICD 10) at affordable cost.
AHT's billing services will eliminate the time
spent on billing and you will get more time to
concentrate on patient care
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One Tampa City Center 201 North Franklin
Street Suite 3410 Tampa, FL 33602
[phone]
contact_at_ahtllc.com
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