Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Medical Coding Where?

Most medical coding work is still performed by medical coders working in hospitals or clinics. Medical coders work in a professional environment and perform a vital behind the scenes billing support activity.

There is a trend toward outsourcing of medical coding work to third party vendors. As this trend catches on, more medical coding work will be done in homes and medical coding will evolve to become more of a home based career – much like medical transcription is today. It is believed that as technology continues to evolve and remote medical coding platforms are developed, the outsourcing model will begin to take hold in the industry. However, at this point it is important to point out that most medical coding is still performed in hospitals and clinics.

11 comments:

Unknown said...

I justed want coders to understand the standard thought process that goes through a doctors head. The doc will understand what prodcedure (CPT code) the patient requires, the key to getting paid for the work is figuring out the correct ICD9 or HCPCS code to use. Using inexpensive software will "mate" these two types of codes, so that all work is covered by insurance and everyone gets paid. This mating process is call crosswalks and is simple to do, although most of the code finding software out there does not do this, I suggest you look at www.medicalcodesolutions.com, it performs this function as well as other easy to use tools that are helpful to any coder.

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Unknown said...

Thanks for sharing information.Have to say outsourcing is the profitable business in healthcare industry.Medical coding outsourcing improves quality of work with higher level of accuracy, saves time and cost, reduces workload and also significant reduction in document storage costs.Accuracy and cost benefit is an important aspect of benefitting from outsourcing services

Unknown said...

Offshore outsourcing is one of the best ways to reduce administrative cost and to reduce their workload. This allows varies companies to share good quality knowledge people who can get the work done as per their expectations.

Unknown said...

Certified Medical Coders do medical coding for hospitals, clinics and medical billing companies. The coders work for back office of any health-care centres, they work with doctors as medical assistants, they do work in nursing homes, government agencies, etc. Medical coding is the process followed before medical billing process in a healthcare industry.

Unknown said...

I just want to convey that there will be a some freelancer for coding.Medical Coding Company is having some developers with in the hospital itself but also there will some outsourcing project also undergone.Working from home for hospital or clinic is good option but it is safe to have a better client.

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Business Integrity Services said...

I just wanted to let you know that there will be some freelancers for coding. Medical Coding Company has some developers on staff at the hospital, but there will also be some outsourcing projects. Working from home for a hospital or clinic is an excellent option, but it is preferable to have a better client. Coder on the side.