What is Clinical Coding?
When people hear that I am a Clinical Coder the first thing they say is "what is that?"
The official explanation of what Clinical coding is:
"Clinical Coding is the transformation of healthcare diagnosis and procedures into a both worldwide and national recognised codes"
However, in practice the clinical coder needs to be more of detective mixed with a hieroglyphic translator than a decoder.
This website will hopefully answer some of the most commonly asked questions:
