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State three responsibilities of a medical coder

State three responsibilities of a medical coder

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- Is primarily responsible for abstracting and assigning the appropriate coding on the claims.
i. The Coder checks a variety of sources within the patient’s medical record, (i.e. the transcription of the doctor’s notes, ordered laboratory tests, requested imaging studies and other sources) to verify the work that was done.
ii. He/she the assign CPT codes, ICD-9 codes and HCPCS codes to both report the procedures that were performed.
iii. They also provide the medical biller with the information necessary to process a claim for reimbursement by the appropriate insurance agency.
Titany answered the question on August 27, 2021 at 08:39

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