Medical Billing Code

Assigning medical billing code to a patient diagnosis and procedure is an important step in medical billing and coding process, and mandatory for claiming reimbursement from insurance companies. Accurate assignment of medical billing code ensures appropriate reimbursement for the services rendered by the physicians and healthcare facilities. At Outsource Strategies International (OSI), a full service medical billing company, we help our clients in assigning the right medical billing codes to different types of diagnoses and procedures for electronic submission of claims. 

At OSI, we have highly skilled medical coding specialists, fully acquainted with the current medical billing codes in force. They perform an important role in the assignment of medical billing codes to patient diagnoses and procedures. They are experts in HCFA (Health Care Financing Administration) 1500 forms, ICD-9 (International Classification of Diseases), CPT-4 (Current Procedural Terminology) and HCPCS (Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System) codes.  

At OSI, we follow medical billing code books that are universally accepted by the healthcare and insurance industry. The medical billing code manuals we currently use for medical billing and coding are CPT4, ICD9, HCPCS, and RBRVS (Resource-Based Relative Value Scale). These books contain medical billing codes for each type of diagnoses or treatment. We also use specialized medical billing code books for anesthesia coding, chiropractic coding, physical therapy coding and allergy and sleep medicine coding.

Usually, medical billing code for a diagnosis or procedure consists of thee-digit groupings. Sometimes, medical billing codes contain four or five digits, if they further contain clinical details about the procedures. In addition, we also apply V codes along with ICD codes for patients with other conditions or problems, which may not involve an illness, injury, or disease process. 

As medical billing codes are the determining factors confirming eligibility for medical insurance reimbursement, we constantly monitor and apply the latest medical billing code changes for your medical claim billing. To assign codes accurately, we follow a standardized procedure and thereby prevent under-coding or over-coding. And we use only the state-of-the-art, HIPAA complaint medical billing software.

Please contact us for getting valuable information about medical billing codes and other services in practice. We are always available for your service requests 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. E-mail us or call us in our toll free number 1-800-670-2809.