Icd-9-Cm Coding Essay

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ICD-9-CM Coding MIBC-236 Advanced Billing Abstract The medical field is one that is always changing however there are key elements that come in play when coding records from the hospital, and/or physician’s office. In order to for a practice to thrive and be successful, the physician biller must be sure that all records are billed properly to include the actual coding. One of the most important aspects of billing is the actual coding of the record and the ICD-9-CM code attached to the record. Let us take a look at a few things regarding ICD-9-CM coding such as the historical perspective, policies and procedures associated, patient impact, and employment outlook/challenges associated with the field of coding. History Sir George Knibbs, the Australian statistician has credited Francois Bossier de LaCroix with being the first person to attempt classification of diseases and this was published under the title “Nosologia Methodical”. At the beginning of the 19th century the classification of diseases more widely used was done by William Cullen, which was published in 1785 under the title “Synopsis Nosologia Methodical”. For many more centuries, there were others who were active in the start of the ICD-9-CM coding however, lets fast forward many centuries later to 1970. There are two classifications of diseases with very similar titles. The International Classification of Disease (ICD) which is published by the WHO (World Health Organization) is used to code and classify death information from death certificates. The International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) which was developed in the US is used to classify disease from patient records in hospitals as well as physician practices. These codes are used to assign sign and symptoms associated

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