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MEDICAL CODING.
A Medical Coder is someone who basically translates a patient's healthcare information like procedures, diagnosis, necessary medical equipment and medical services information from the physician's notes into universally accepted alphanumeric codes. When a patient visits or meet a doctor, the providers detail the visit or service in the patient's medical record and explain why they delivered specific services, items or procedures. The coders uses specific codes during the medical coding process.
Diagnosis codes are key to describing a patient's condition or injury as well as social determinants of health and other patient characteristics. The industry uses ICD or International Classification of Diseases to capture diagnosis codes for billing purposes. ICD codes indicate a patient's condition, the location and severity of an injury or symptom, and if the visit is related to an initial or subsequent encounter. For example, ICD code H53.2 denotes diplopia.
Diplopia is the medical term for double vision or seeing double. Diplopia is defined as seeing two images of a single object when you're looking at it. Double vision is usually a temporary issue, but it can also be a sign of more serious health condition. Treatment of binocular double vision usually begins with the use of prisms in your glasses to realign the two images into single image. Covering one eye with a patch is another option. Once the double vision is stable, them referral to a surgeon may be appropriate to correct the misalignment of the eyes.
Symptoms of Diplopia includes :
- Headache
- Nausea
- Dizziness
- Pain(including when you move your eyes)
- Blurred or unclear vision in one or both eyes.
- Cataracts.
- Astigmatism
- Misaligned eyes
- Cranial nerve issues
- Brain aneurysms
- Strokes.



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