BRANCH&YEAR OFFERED: B. PHARM III&IV

In the field of Healthcare Management, medical coding is an up-and-coming, in-demand, and trending career. In India, the demand for medical coders is rising exponentially as the global healthcare sector also experiences tremendous growth. Over the past few years, however, the supply and demand gap for qualified medical coders has been growing. The coding must be secure, efficient, and accurate to maintain good revenue.

Medical coding as a profession involves high ethical standards as the patient data they work with is extremely personal.

A medical coder extracts information from a patient’s medical records and converts it into a universally recognized medical code that is in accordance with industry standards. For tasks such as filing insurance claims with third-party payers – these codes are specifically used. They are also used to compile statistics that track data on a particular illness, medication, course of therapy, etc.

Medical coding is a type of Transformation process as it translates medical reports into brief alphanumeric codes that are used in the healthcare industry. Professionals with medical coding certification perform this task. Coders obtain medical reports from medicos. These reports may contain information about the patient’s condition, a diagnosis, a prescription from a physician, and other procedures and operations that the medico team carried out on the patient.

COURSE OBJECTIVE & OUTCOME:

1. Students will distinguish definitions of different medical term components and identify the meaning for various medical acronyms and abbreviations using short answer tests.

2. Students will show comprehension of anatomical and physiological information learned on multiple choice tests.

3. To Know the understanding of correct coding guidelines by completing coding simulations and reviews.

4. To Know the understanding of appropriate workplace relationships by reading articles and responding to thought-provoking questions.

COURSE DURATION: 32 hrs