Clinical coding is a process by which descriptions of diseases, injuries or procedures are assigned a numeric or alphanumeric designation. Coding provides a mechanism for standardizing the ...

A clinical coder records information about every patient that visits the hospital, investigating all aspects of their journey ...

Philippa Olive, Intimate partner violence and clinical coding, Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, Vol. 23, No. 4 (October 2018), pp. 212-221 ...

Objective To compare Orchard Sports Injury Classification System (OSICS-10) sports medicine diagnoses assigned by a clinical and non-clinical coder. Design Assessment of intercoder agreement. Setting ...

Clinical decision-making, hospital management, and patient care have all changed as a result of healthcare technology. Nurses have historically been thought of as providing bedside care, but they are ...

On the non-clinical side, the highest-paid nonclinical staff members are medical biller/coders, at $37,000, possibly because of their importance in implementing ICD-10.

Organizations that coordinate documentation by bringing together CDI professionals and clinical coders report a reduction in RAC take-backs and third-party payor audits.