HR 9009

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution commending the medical coders of this state
3	and designating April 15, 2007, 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 the trends and patterns in the procedures and services
16	provided, and
17	WHEREAS, the use of medical code findings for disease and
18	injury prevention has contributed to a better understanding of
19	the relationships of illness and injury to treatment, including
20	that of heart disease and stroke, viral infections, infectious
21	diseases, and motor vehicle and workplace injuries, and
22	WHEREAS, medical coders help preserve the history of
23	communities through the abstraction of information from birth
24	and death records, and
25	WHEREAS, the need for qualified medical coders in
26	physicians' offices and outpatient and hospital settings
27	continues to increase in Florida and nationally, and
28	WHEREAS, over the past decade, medical coders have achieved
29	significant milestones in the sophistication of their profession
30	through extensive education and training, and
31	WHEREAS, the integrity and high standards of medical coders
32	have contributed greatly to the efforts of the United States
33	Department of Health and Human Services in its campaign against
34	fraud and abuse in medical coding reimbursement, and
35	WHEREAS, the medical coding community is international in
36	its language in the pursuit of optimal health for everyone in
37	every nation, NOW, THEREFORE,
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39	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
40	Florida:
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42	That the House of Representatives commends Florida's
43	medical coders for their contributions to the field of medicine
44	in this state and designates April 15, 2007, as "Medical Coders'
45	Day" in Florida.

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