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Why medical coding is important? What is the significant improvements and benefits of ICD -10-CM over the ICD-9?

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Answer: Medical coding is a kind of transformation of the healthcare reports, diagnosis, treatment in to alphanumeric characters or code. These codings are being used by the healthcare professionals as well as by the healthcare insurance providers to reimburse the bill according to the insurance plan. These medical codings are important for the payment of the medical bill. Each diagnosis as well as treatment is coded and hence it becomes easy for the insurance company to reimburse the amount. These medical coding provides efficient flow of data and information between the Healthcare professionals and insurance company.

The ICD 10 CM codes are the enhanced chapter of the ICD 9. The ICD 10 CM codes includes most of the major components which were not included in the ICD 9. The ICD 9 codes includes endocrine and Metabolic Diseases and also Immunity Disorders whereas ICD 10 CM chapter includes the vast area such as diseases of the blood as well as blood-forming organs. It also includes certain disorders that involves the immune mechanism. One more advantage is that ICD 10 CM is more flexible that means more new codes can be added to it.