Explain the importance of a clear SOAP (subjective, objective, assessment, plan) note to the medical coder.
You have now learned about diagnosis and procedural coding. You may have seen a variety of methods used to document the services provided to a patient. In Chapter 2 of your text, the Problem-Oriented Record (POR) is discussed. This is meant to be a thought-stimulating, learning activity, that may have different answers from the perspective […]