diagnosiscoding
nounUK /ˌdaɪ.əɡˈnəʊ.sɪsˌkəʊ.dɪŋ/
US /ˌdaɪ.əɡˈnoʊ.sɪsˌkoʊ.dɪŋ/
Using special codes to label sicknesses so doctors and computers can understand them.
The nurse did the diagnosiscoding so the patient's illness could be recorded in the computer system.
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2. Turning a doctor's written diagnosis into a standard code for insurance claims.
Diagnosiscoding helps the hospital get paid correctly by the insurance company.
3. The process of assigning a code to a health problem for research and statistics.
Researchers used diagnosiscoding to study how often the flu appears each year.
4. A step in health information management where illnesses are translated into numbers and letters.
She studied diagnosiscoding to work in a hospital's records department.