BC Advantage - 2025 Issue 6

Upskilling in the AI Age: Preparing Coders for a New Paradigm

Medical coding isn't for the faint of heart. It involves accurately selecting from over 70,000 ICD-10 diagnosis codes and over 10,000 procedure codes while managing mounting backlogs and evolving guidelines, usually under time pressure. For years, this has forced a trade-off between speed and precision—contributing to denials that healthcare organizations spend $20 billion a year to fight.   Yet a transformation is coming: Artificial intelligence is taking on routine coding tasks, freeing medical coders to focus on complex analysis, guideline development, and provider education. These specialized roles, often previously deprioritized given the sheer volume of encounters...

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