Medical coding is the process of transforming descriptions of medical diagnoses and procedures into universal code numbers. The medical practitioners can improve their efficiency and concentrate on providing superior healthcare services to patients, if they outsource medical coding billing task to a service provider. All providers, including physicians, as HIPAA "covered entities," are required to convert to ICD 10 by October 1, 2015. While this change will help usher the U.S. Healthcare system into the 21st century, it will initially lead to confusion and doubt within most practitioners' offices.
Outsourcing your needs to your offshore partner will help you to gain correctness and consistency in a better way. These professional service providers make best use of latest software and technology to perform accurate and effective medical coding.
Outsourcing companies have professionals skilled in the latest coding protocols and standards, insurance and governmental regulatory requirements and payer-specific coding requirements. They ensure that coding processes are done efficiently and utilize innovative technology, coding tools and advanced medical coding software packages to ensure reliable coding.
Icd-9 codes are quite limited in terms of specificity and reporting. The new icd-10 medical coding has introduced new dimension of specificity by providing the accurate code for diagnosis and procedure. It is very important to understand the advantages of outsourcing medical billing and coding. Some of the important advantages that medical billing companies can look at are as follows:
- Cost Benefits
- Meeting Standards
- Using Specialists
- Quality Assurance
- Transparency
- Accuracy
MDofficeManager do follow the complete transparent method while delivering the output, providing certified and experienced medical coding specialists who manage the accuracy with latest technologies to improve the speed also following HIPAA rules and regulations so there is completely trustworthiness.
