Talk:Clinical coder
I've started this extensive re-write of this article because the previous version was focussed on clinical coding of inpatient events in the UK only. I don't have all the references I need at hand at the time of writing this and therefore will come back and continue to work on this.
Tasks to do:
- Expand the paragraphs on the three phases
and reference them Expand the list of classifications to include categories for Ambulatory, Oncology and Mental Health- Add classifications from non-English languages
Explain the difference between a statistical classification and a nomenclature (with reference)- Add a see also for UMLS
- Edit the ICD and ICD-10 articles to internationalise from USA only
- Write the articles for the redlinks
- Find someone with knowledge of the Canadian classifications to write the ICD-9-CA and ICD-10-CA articles
- Expand the skills section
- Add explanations to the list of uses of coded data
- Possibly add a list of classifications used by country - although with respect to ICD this is already on the WHO website and a link to this may be all that is necessary
Beeswaxcandle (talk) 08:36, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
Merger proposal
I have proposed this merger because much of the introductory material in the Medical classification article is duplicated in this article.
The list of classifications after merging will be more comprehensive.
While, I haven't marked the Diagnosis codes, Procedure codes, Pharmaceutical codes or Topographical codes articles for merger, I question the need for these to be separate articles and would appreciate thoughts on this as well. Beeswaxcandle (talk) 09:57, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
- "Clinical" (in the US) either implies a type of facility (owned by physicians, and generically multispecialty primary care) or focused specifically on the medical science aspects of medicine and not the business of medicine. "Coders" generically work in both domains, coding for science and physician documentation as well as for bills and claims. So, my humble opinion is "coders" is really the article with differentiation of these domains, but coders is so generic that "medical coders" or "clinical coders" being fine, and "medical coders" is more generic and preferred to me. The separate articles on "diagnosis codes",etc., are more about the coding systems and not the people assigning them and I think they should be separate (and are generic terms that quickly point to ICD, CPT, etc.).
By the way, "daypatient" is a funny term in the US. "Outpatient" or "Ambulatory" are common. Lyle (talk) 15:15, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
Agree with proposed merger
I agree this article should be merged -- mostly under the Medical classification article, but parts related to the role of the professional under the Health information management section on "Medical records and health information technicians". Guptan99 (talk) 12:32, 12 July 2011 (UTC)