Question:
What’s the difference between medical billing and medical coding?
Answer
Medical coding and medical billing go hand in hand. Medical billing cannot be submitted to insurers without correct medical coding. Therefore correct medical coding is the key to medical billing. But there is a distinct difference between medical billing and medical coding.
Medical coding is the process of translating descriptions of medical diagnoses taken from the medical record–such as transcribed doctor’s notes, lab and radiology results, and visits or procedures performed–into universal medical code numbers. The diagnosis medical codes are referred to as ICD-9 or International Classification of Diseases 9th Edition, whereas the visit or procedure codes are referred to as CPT or Current Procedural Terminology.
These medical code numbers are used together to bill government health programs, private health insurance companies, and workers’ compensation carriers to process payment of medical claims for services rendered by a health care provider.
Medical billing is the process of submitting and following up on the claims to insurance companies. Many online or campus colleges offer medical coding and medical billing programs. You can earn a certificate, associate’s degree, bachelor’s degree, or diploma. Request information at Online-Education.net about program details and upcoming classes available online or in your area.
TAIWAN: PRESIDENT CHEN PRESIDES OVER NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING
US Fed News Service, Including US State News May 18, 2006 The office of the President of Taiwan issued the following news release:
On May 18, President Chen Shui-bian presided over the first National Security Council meeting since the Legislative Yuan approved of the council as the presidents advisory body on December 30, 1993.
The first draft of the 2006 National Security Report, prepared by the National Security Council, was reviewed in the meeting and will be finalized after the president’s ratification.
In the meeting, the president said that Taiwan’s national security should be put above the interests of the political parties and as a matter of course is not the extension of any particular governing power. Therefore, the president and his administration have designated “sustainable democracy” and “pursuit of dialogues and peace” as Taiwan’s two strategic axes, which were also the underlying context of the 2006 National Security Report. website national security council
However, the issue of Taiwan’s national security is not the only subject considered in the president’s agenda. He said in the meeting that the five dimensions-national security, democratic reform, sustainable economy, social justice, and civil society-are inter-related. nationalsecuritycouncil.net national security council
And the inviting of Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng to the meeting, according to the president, signifies the dialogues between the Executive and the Legislative branches of the government, the ruling party and the opposition, and the governing and the governed.
The previous meeting of the National Security Council was held 15 years ago, presided over by former President Lee Teng-hui.
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