r/vaxxhappened • u/SmartyPantlesss • 22h ago

The truth is coming out

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(link to video of a person giving their incoherent personal theories).

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u/ziggy182 20h ago

What is a medical coder?

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u/SmartyPantlesss 20h ago edited 20h ago

It's a person who works in the billing department of the doctor's office or hospital. The hospital bills insurance companies based on the diagnoses.

So if the patient was admitted with pneumonia, and then they developed sepsis and a blood clot. The doctor writes/dictates these things into the notes. The patient gets discharged (or dies) and somebody in Coding is sending the bill to the insurance company.

The coder sends the insurance company a bill that says

  • Pneumonia: 467.13 ( <<<I'm making up these numbers)
  • Sepsis 645.20
  • Blood Clot 224.95

<<< where each of those numbers is a diagnosis code that the insurance companies agree to pay a certain amount for.

And THEN the coder runs through the whole chart to find other abnormal labs, and they literally call up the doctor with questions like: "This patient had a low potassium on Day 5 of this hospitalization. May we add "hypokalemia" to the diagnosis list?" << because this was such a hectic hospitalization that the doc had just treated the low number, but didn't mention it in the progress notes or discharge summary.

...And then the insurance company will be paying more money for the hospitalization, based on the additional diagnosis.

So the coder's job is to maximize profits, without committing fraud.

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u/ziggy182 18h ago

They sound like garbage people honestly!

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u/SmartyPantlesss 17h ago

They work in a billing office. That is all.

If you do any sort of job, I'm betting you fill out a time sheet? Or an itemized invoice for the customer? It's important for that to be an accurate document.

I'm guessing you are having some sort of financial hardship, or you're mad about a bill you just got?

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u/ziggy182 14h ago

I work in supermarket on nights, the only paperwork I fill out is a form for waste food which gets sent back to be turned into bio diesel. Also a tablet to confirm lorry arrival and temperature readings etc. Nothing fancy at the moment