The medical office specialist should enter ICD-9-CM code(s) directly from the patient history in the medical record

To be considered a profession, which of the following must exist?

A) Continuing educational requirements B) Approval from an accrediting board C) Years of formal education D) All of the above

Case production standards are based on all of the following EXCEPT:

A) type of record (radiology, surgery, etc.). B) which encoder is being utilized. C) whether the coder is working on an electronic or paper record. D) which type of encounter is being coded (inpatient/outpatient).