Coding Systems: What is medical coding and what is it used for?
1. What is medical coding and what is it used for?
Medical coding is a way for healthcare providers and healthcare organizations to document codes used for the diagnosis a patient was diagnosed with and track data.
2. What coding systems are used in the United States?
The coding systems that are used in the United States are ICD-9-CM, ICD-10-CM,and ICD-10-PCS.
3. How did changes to the ICD-9 over the years reflect events
Changes to ICD-9 over the years reflected on the events of HIV and AIDS by being assigned with new codes to better classify them. Other disease like Lyme disease had a code assigned to it due to the growing concern the country had with the disease.
4. What is ICD-10 and why was it mandated to use it?
ICD-10 is used to classify diagnosis and also classify mortality data from death certificates. ICD-10 was mandated to use it as a clinical modification.
