- Medical coding is the transformation of healthcare diagnosis,
procedures, medical services, and equipment into universal medical alphanumeric codes.
The diagnoses and procedure codes are taken from medical record documentation, such as
transcription of physician's notes, laboratory and radiologic results, etc.

- Medical coding professionals help ensure the codes are applied correctly during the medical
billing process, which includes abstracting the information from documentation, assigning
the appropriate codes, and creating a claim to be paid by insurance carriers.