Coding, reimbursement, and managed care.
This article will discuss the vital link, emerging role, and high financial impact of medical coding to health care reimbursement and managed care. Medical (clinical) coding represents the data requirements needed to support the following:
Falen
Thomas
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Health Information Management, Orlando, Florida, USA. tfalen@mail.ucf.edu
Liberman
Aaron
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