Medical Coding
Medical coding is the transformation of healthcare diagnosis, procedures, medical services, and equipment into universal medical alphanumeric codes. The diagnoses and procedure codes are taken from medical record documentation, such as transcription of physician’s notes, laboratory and radiologic results, etc. Medical coding professionals help ensure the codes are applied correctly during the medical billing process, which includes abstracting the information from documentation, assigning the appropriate codes, and creating a claim to be paid by insurance carriers.
Medical coding happens every time you see a healthcare provider. The healthcare provider reviews your complaint and medical history, makes an expert assessment of what’s wrong and how to treat you, and documents your visit. That documentation is not only the patient’s ongoing record, it’s how the healthcare provider gets paid.
Benefits of Medical coding
Here are promising five benefits of medical coding:
Today there are several coding and IT tools that are available to increase the speed, cost and accuracy of medical coding. However, tools like Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS), ICD-9, E-Clinical Works, Practice Admin or Kareo are not only expensive, but are also difficult to acquire, maintain and upgrade. Keeping these tools in-house would require additional management. Your healthcare center can avoid the cost and the problems of maintaining technology in-house through outsourcing.
For quick and accurate medical coding to happen, you will need an expert team of AAPC certified medical coders who have a deep understanding across medical specialities and compliance requirements. Maintaining an in-house team of coding professionals can be tough, while not resulting in a high ROI. You will also have to incur the cost of recruiting and retention. Instead, when you outsource medical coding, you can completely focus on healthcare.
Outsourcing service providers are well-positioned to offer healthcare centers and hospitals with regular reports about the progress and status of claims. These reports can also pinpoint inefficient areas, where the overall coding productivity and outcome can be increased.
Inaccuracies in data and poor coding can lead to claims being denied, resulting in revenue loss. This will further increase the rework of claims and cause a delay in reimbursement. Outsourcing medical coding can keep coding errors to a bare minimum, while ensuring that rework (if any) happens at a faster pace.
An outsourcing service provider can ensure the quick deployment of medical coding services, while ensuring that the services are scalable and aligned to your business requirements. Your healthcare center or hospital will find it extremely difficult to shrink or expand your in-house coding team based on business trends or other such imperatives. However, with outsourcing, you will not have to worry about the infrastructure or volume needed to manage medical coding at any point of time.
How it is Done ?
Career in Medical coding
Junior Medical Coder
Senior Medical Coder
Quality Analyst/Quality control
Team Lead
Deputy Manager
Manager
Senior Manager
How much you can earn ?
Medical Coder Salary (INDIA)
Medical Coder salary in India ranges between ₹ 1.4 Lakhs to ₹ 5.0 Lakhs with an average annual salary of ₹ 2.6 Lakhs. Salary estimates are based on 5.8k salaries received from Medical Coders.
Top Companies in India HIRING MEDICAL CODERS
- Accenture
- CTS
- Wipro
- Apollo Hospitals
- Omega Healthcare
- Perot Systems
- Ajuba Solutions
- Revenue Med
- UHC
- E4C
- Dell
Our Courses
Medical Coding Training Program(MCTP)
- Trainng
- Eligibility
- Course Type
- Duration
- Anatomy & Physiology
- CPT-4: Procedure Coding
- ICD-10 CM
- Medical Billing
- HCPCS Coding
- Mock Exam
- Any Graduation
- Online & Offline
- 3.5 Months
CPC Certification Training Program(CPC)
- Trainng
- Eligibility
- Course Type
- Duration
- Anatomy & Physiology
- CPT-4: Procedure Coding
- ICD-10 CM
- Medical Billing
- HCPCS Coding
- Mock Exam
- Any Graduation
- Online & Offline
- 3.5 Months
ICD-10 Certification Training Program(ICD-10)
- Trainng
- Eligibility
- Course Type
- Duration
- ICD-10 CM
- ICD-10 CM Coding Guidelines & Quizzes.
- Mock Exam
- Knowledge in CD-09
- Online & Offline
- 4 weeks
Are you worried about getting placed ?
We assure you 100 % placement assistance. Our trainings will make you confident enough to crack interviews of top companies.
Why MC From Us ?
- Well Structured course materials
- Certified Faculties with years of experience
- Focused Training
- Counseling
- Present-day AAPC coding Materials
- Flexible Class Timings
- Quizes and e-handouts
- Interview preparation training
- Mock test using previous years model question papers