Medical Coding Specific Purpose: To inform my audience on the process of medical coding. Central Idea: Coding is the conversion of descriptions of diseases‚ injuries and procedures into numeric or alphanumeric codes. Introduction A. There are three basic steps for locating codes to be assigned. 1. Locate the term in the Alphabetic Index. 2. Verify the code number in the Tabular List. 3. Assign the code once it has been verified. (Transition: First‚ we will learn
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development of medical services in many regions in Indonesia has not been developing evenly. In the city region‚ medical facilities such as hospitals‚ pharmacies‚ and clinics can be found easily. It is different compared to rural areas where medical facilities are limited and cannot be reached in villages. Few villages only have limited medical facilities such as Puskesmas and small pharmacy. There are villages that only have few doctors who open private medical practice. The diversity of medical services
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Sarah Hampton Medical Terminology & Coding Medical Terminilogy Report Medical terminology is a language for accurately describing the human body and associated components‚ conditions‚ processes and process in a science-based manner. Medical terminology is important in the medical field because it allows healthcare professionals to interact at all levels and details of the patients can be discussed with ease. The benefits of knowing medical terminology are that one can document faster
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Medical Malpractice: Is Your Care Below Standard? Imagine yourself lying on an operating table‚ motionless‚ quiet. Above‚ you notice people standing over you. You try to speak but the words just cannot come out. Your arms feel as if they are plastered to the table. You begin to stand up but feel as if weights are strapped to your back and you are bound to the table. Suddenly you feel a sharp pain in your midsection. In and out‚ you see a surgeon slicing your body open with a scalpel. Every
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the writer aims to identify and explore in depth the role development of the specialist palliative care nurses in the community setting‚ and in particular how their role has evolved over the last 5 years. The writer aims for the first part of the assignment to provide the reader with a brief background into the development of palliative care and a history of how the traditional role of a palliative care nurse has expanded from a more generalist perspective to that of a position of specialism. The writer
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ethical‚ medical questions My newspaper article was about a woman named Samantha Burton‚ a pregnant woman who was forced to be hospitalized. She was 25 weeks pregnant and forced on “bed rest”. Although Burton’s doctor confirmed that she was not in labor. Burton’s doctor took matters in his own hands and came back with an attorney forcing Samantha Burton to stay in the hospital against her will. The attorney was on line with the judge John C. Cooper. Ms. Burton wanted to obtain prenatal care somewhere
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sleep deprivation and its ill effects Sleep deprivation is the condition of not having enough sleep; it can be either chronic or acute. A chronic sleep-restricted state can cause fatigue‚ daytime sleepiness‚ clumsiness and weight loss or weight gain. It adversely affects the brain and cognitive function. Few studies have compared the effects of acute total sleep deprivation and chronic partial sleep restriction. Complete absence of sleep over long periods is impossible for humans to achieve (unless
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Development of an Electronic Medical Image Archiving System for Health Care in Nigeria Olaniyi‚ Olayemi Mikail Department of Computer Engineering Federal University of Technology Minna‚ Nigeria Omotosho Adebayo and Robert Jane Department of Computer Science and Technology Bells University of Technology‚ Ota‚ Nigeria Oke Alice.O Department of Computer Science and Engineering Ladoke Akintola University of Technology‚ Ogbomoso‚ Nigeria. e-mail: alitemi2006 {at] yahoo.com Abstract—Medical images require immediate
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Medical Secretary Medical secretaries usually work in a doctor’s office‚ clinics‚ hospitals and private practices. They have a comparable job description as secretaries in other businesses; apart from that they need specialized knowledge of medical terminology and practices and of insurance procedures. Be responsible for personal administrative support to management and the company through shepherding and shaping administrative duties and activities together with receiving and handling information
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Medical Assistant Aivin V. Pagan Hodges University HSA 2000 Dr. Anderson February 24‚ 2013 Medical Assistant Being a Medical Assistant you have to worry about a lot. You have to know your job really good and be careful at what you do. I as a medical assistant would avoid a lot of things. I would make sure that I communicate with the patients and make sure they understood everything clearly. Poor communication between the patients and medical assistants may result in many misunderstandings
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