A medical coder is responsible for reviewing medical documentation and assigning diagnosis codes (ICD-9-CM) and procedural codes (CPT4) for reporting and billing purposes. At Ogden-Weber Tech College, our program focuses on physician-based coding which primarily deals with outpatient care, i.e. in physician offices and clinics. A medical coder is often a detective as their skills include looking for information that supports procedures that were performed and assigning correct diagnoses codes to accurately describe a patient’s medical condition and services that were provided by a physician.
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