career I will be pursing is Medical Coding. After receiving my Medical Assistant diploma‚ I started working in a Pediatric clinic in the back office doing patient care and front office scheduling appointments and receiving and posting payments‚ I also researched and assigned medical codes for outpatient billing using International Classification of Disease- ninth Revision‚ Clinical Modification (ICD-9) and the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding books. Medical Coding. I then went to work
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Medical Lab Tech Why do I want to choose this career? After I get out of high school I plan to be a medical lab tech. I choose this career because since everybody is getting sick these days‚ the medical field will be what I look forward to. Also‚ I plan to help people fight diseases and have better searches against infectious diseases. What is a Medical Lab Tech? This is also known as a medical laboratory technician or a clinical laboratory technician. A medical lab tech (MLT) performs routine
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Marijuana has no known medical values Are there medicinal benefits of marijuana? Could there really be more to the cannabis plant than “getting high?” Yes‚ the cannabis (scientific name for “marijuana”) plant does in fact have medical uses‚ and there is much more to this extraordinary plant than consuming it to experience its psychoactive effects. However‚ most Americans are unaware of the present day medicinal applications of cannabis. From migraines to multiple sclerosis‚ cannabis can help. The
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What is a Medical laboratory technician? A laboratory technician process specimens and perform laboratory tests ordered by physicians and medical technologists. Many specialize in cytotechnology‚ hematology or microbiology. As a medical technician‚ you may perform tests on saliva‚ blood‚ and tissue samples and then be responsible for recording and sharing the results with the physician. Performing these tests often requires the ability to operating various medical machines and equipment. You may
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issues discussed today is to legalize medical marijuana or to keep it illegal because of the high risks it poses. US Congress placed marijuana in schedule I of the Controlled Substance Act in 1972 because it was considered to have no use for medical purposes. Since then‚ 16 of the 50 states have legalized marijuana for medical use. Many studies state that marijuana can treat symptoms of cancer‚ pain‚ and many more serious illnesses. Opponents of medical marijuana argue that it lacks FDA approval
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Background: Medical billing and coding are the key resources in providing healthcare organization revenue and salaries. Based on the amount of each patient visit and if the visit was cleared and processed. The medical coder and biller must collect the accurate information‚ which can provide hospitals reliable revenue to function. The medical billing department must have accurate information and the correct knowledge of medical terminology for procedures‚ and diagnosis. Not only should they know
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Attending medical school was my lifelong dream‚ but attending the University of Maryland School of Medicine has been so important that that I have been preparing for it since I started going to college. Getting in to medical school requires an outstanding academic excellence and other extracurricular activities‚ and I as well as other premedical students work very hard to attend one‚ but many of us do not know what the life of a particular medical student looks like. Medical students undergo the
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EVS Medical tourism (MT) is defined as patient movement from highly developed nations to less developed areas of the world for medical care by bypassing services offered in their own communities. Medical tourism is different from the traditional model of international medical travel where patients generally journey from less developed nations to major medical centers in highly developed countries for medical treatment that is unavailable in their own communities.[1][2] While the general definition
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Medical Assistant Standards Occupational Safety‚ Law & Ethics- 13SPB The field I medicine that I choose to further my education in is medical assistant. I always knew that I wanted to give this career a chance‚ but I always fought it thinking another career would be better. In this paper I will touch on a few important things that anyone interested in medical assisting should know. One‚ the importance of professional standards‚ including licensure and certification‚ in healthcare. Secondly
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Medical Marijuana Medical marijuana should be legalized because it helps treat depression‚ helps ease physical and emotional pain‚ and it is known to provide relief for seizures and other serious body illnesses. Medical marijuana treats depression in many ways. Not only by relieving the pain‚ but controls and prevents depression going any farther than it already might be. Medical marijuana helps control and prevent depression by relieving the numbness and/or emptiness the body feels. Depression
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