Question

Discharge summary: This 3-year-old infant was placed under anesthesia for an insertion of a ureteral catheter due to congenital stenosis of the ureter. The procedure was uneventful. This case is reported with code(s) _______.

Answer 1

Answer:

Q62.10

Explanation:

Medical coding is a translation.  Coders for ease of work to medical doctors, takes medical reports from doctors,which entails doctors diagnosis, patients details and  prescription, and the procedures the doctor are to give to the patient, and thereafter change or turn them into a set of codes. it is important as it helps medical doctors for ease of services to the patients. Medical coding is also in medical billing process and requires knowledge of technical know-how for its success.

Medical coding has the details of the full descriptions of diseases, injuries, and health care procedures from Doctors or physicians, health care providers and change them into numeric or alphanumeric codes to simplify and  describe the diagnosis and the procedures  to be performed on the patients.