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Coders start the day by pulling their assigned chart queue. In a hospital setting, an inpatient coder might work 15–25 charts per…
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Open the first chart. Read the operative report, discharge summary, and physician notes. Assign the principal diagnosis code (the…
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Encounter a complex chart — a patient with multiple comorbidities and a surgical complication. You spend extra time to capture eve…
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