HR 9073

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution commending the medical coders of this state
3	and designating April 15, 2006, as "Medical Coders' Day"
4	in Florida.
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6	WHEREAS, medical coders are individuals who analyze medical
7	records and assign codes to classify diagnoses and procedures to
8	support the reimbursement system, the assessment of clinical
9	care, and medical research activity, skills that necessitate a
10	thorough understanding of the content of medical records as well
11	as an exhaustive store of clinical knowledge of anatomy,
12	physiology, pharmacology, and clinical disease process, and
13	WHEREAS, medical coders identify patterns of disease,
14	illness, and injury in populations throughout the world and
15	trace
16	the trends and patterns in the procedures and services provided,
17	and
18	WHEREAS, the use of medical code findings for disease and
19	injury prevention has contributed to a better understanding of
20	the relationships of illness and injury to treatment, including
21	that of heart disease and stroke, viral infections, infectious
22	diseases, and motor vehicle and workplace injuries, and
23	WHEREAS, medical coders help preserve the history of
24	communities through the abstraction of information from birth
25	and death records, and
26	WHEREAS, the need for qualified medical coders in
27	physicians' offices and outpatient and hospital settings
28	continues to increase in Florida and nationally, and
29	WHEREAS, over the past decade, medical coders have achieved
30	significant milestones in the sophistication of their profession
31	through extensive education and training, and
32	WHEREAS, the integrity and high standards of medical coders
33	have contributed greatly to the efforts of the United States
34	Department of Health and Human Services in its campaign against
35	fraud and abuse in medical coding reimbursement, and
36	WHEREAS, the medical coding community is international in
37	its language in the pursuit of optimal health for everyone in
38	every nation, NOW, THEREFORE,
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40	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
41	Florida:
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43	That the House of Representatives commends Florida's
44	medical coders for their contributions to the field of medicine
45	in this state and designates April 15, 2006, as "Medical Coders'
46	Day" in Florida.

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