Clinical Coders in Practice
The basic task of a clinical coder is to classify medical and health care concepts using a standardised classification. Most clinical coders are employed in coding inpatient episodes of care. However, mortality events, outpatient episodes, general practitioner visits and population health studies can all be coded.
Clinical coding has three key phases: a) Abstraction; b) Assignment; and c) Review.
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