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What are some of the typical/traditional roles of coders and health information professionals?.

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-Review medical documentation and translate notes into diagnosis codes, treatment/services codes, and medical hardware codes.

-Communicate with medical providers and insurance companies or other payers.

-Correspond with medical providers to confirm or get details to “code to the highest degree of specificity,” Korn says.

-Use digital tools, such as coding software and patient record platforms.
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