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MEDICAL CODING. Medical coding is the transformation of healthcare diagnosis, procedures, medical services, and equipment into universal medical alphanumeric codes. Later they are billed to insurance companies to claim insurance and for the payment purposes. Coding allows uniform documentation between medical facilities. Coding allows administrations to look at the prevalence and effectiveness of treatment in their facilities like hospitals. There are three sets of codes : ICD, CPT and HCPCS. ICD codes or International Classification of Diseases are diagnostic codes that create a uniform vocabulary for describing the cause of injury, illness and death. This code set was established by the World Health Organisation (WHO). ICD codes are used to represent a doctor's doctor's diagnosis and the patient's condition. In the billing process these codes are used to determine medical nec