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Medicine may not be the exact science many a times but the codes developed every reason for seeking medical treatments. Medical billing coding also known as insurance coding involves the conversion of description of disease,

injury and health procedure into alphanumeric or numeric designations or simply the code numbers. The code numbers contain the full information of diagnosis of the patient and about the procedures carried out in order to test/correct these diagnoses. The codes are also used to determine costs, reimbursements and to relate one drug or disease with the other.

There are many medical coding systems. Current Procedural Terminology codes are used to describe all the services that a healthcare provider can provide to their patient. Patients can also use them to check their bills or negotiate for the payment amount. Healthcare Common Procedure Coding system has two levels, 1st level being same as CPT but 2nd level includes extra codes for services outside the doctor’s service like ambulance, medical equipment or things used in hospital.

The International Classification of Diseases codes maintained in United States keep in changing and therefore carry a number attached to them so that one can easily come to know which code is being used. International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health codes are used to describe the consequences of disability and condition of a patient in his environment.

Medical coding identifies claims and gives the entire description of patient and healthcare services performed. Patients can use medical coding to know more about the disease they are suffering, diagnosis and study more about services available to them and cross check the bill from payer or provider or insurance. This field creates medical coders who are trained in coding after training and certification process. There are many medical coding schools, both online and regular, which provide knowledge on medical coding and provide the certifications.

There is a storm brewing over the polygamy/Islam component of a Georgia social studies script that I wrote about earlier today. I have sent DOE an e-mail asking for a statement because the controversy, which began with one fathers concerns, is mounting as bloggers take up arms against the presentation of polygamy in a middle school lesson. No word yet from DOE.

Their complaint is that the lesson praising the quality of life for women under Shariah or Islamic law and behind the veil in the form of a cheery letter from a young Muslim woman fails to present any counterbalance. Blogger Pamela Geller posts the actual lesson here on her Atlas Shrugs blog.

Meanwhile, Marietta Daily Journal columnist Laura Armstrong addresses the issue in her  piece on Islamizing America’s public school curriculum. Here is an excerpt,

The controversy began last week, when the MDJ broke the story of a Campbell Middle School parent going public, questioning a lesson linking Middle Eastern culture with the school’s dress code. The seventh grade teacher involved used a portion of a lesson that seemed to promote Islam. School officials responding to the parent’s complaint told education writer Lindsay Field that they had looked at the lesson and re-evaluated its appropriateness and context.

“The dad was correct,” Area Superintendent Dale Gaddis explained. “Since then, we’ve decided to select better materials. The issues that we had, we actually took care of. We worked with the teacher … and with our curriculum folks to verify the material and how it should be used.”

But instead of putting the issue to rest, the red flags did not stop unfurling around the blogosphere among people concerned about creeping shariah, stealth jihad and encroachment of Islamic tenets into America’s public schools. The supplemental materials in question, created by Roswell-based InspirEd Educators, Inc., were copyrighted, and the MDJ reprinted some short excerpts with permission. But it was the intrepid freedom fighter Pamela Geller who found more on the Henry County school district’s website and re-posted for her national audience.

Meanwhile, “My name is Ahlima” was the lesson our kids were assigned. Written in a narrative style reminiscent of the popular American Girl doll stories, Ahlima is a fictional, 20-year-old woman who loves life under the abuyah and promotes a rosy and incomplete picture of life as an Islamic woman to our impressionable seventh-graders. Her words go far beyond fashion advice or culture. Ahlima feels safe under Shariah law and lectures well on its virtues — but forgets its evils.

To be sure, Ahlima’s disrespect for Western women is apparent to adults. The character brags about her upcoming marriage and promotes Islamic polygamy “because the prophet was trying to raise women up. He was very loving to women when many other men in his day were not.”

There’s a lot more, and CCSD spokesman Jay Dillon did confirm that the lesson in question is being used in other districts around Georgia. He also reminded me that Cobb parents had the opportunity to review the supplemental materials, the same way we can review textbooks. Which leads me back to our lone parent whistle blower. What a service he’s done for us all.

Ron Clark, author of The End of Molasses Classes:  Getting our Kids Unstuck, and Disneys American Teacher of the Year as well as Oprah Winfreys pick as her Phenomenal Man recently wrote an article for CNN describing what he claims teachers really want to tell parents.

Clark maintain, For starters, we are educators, not nannies. We are educated professionals who work with kids every day and often see your child in a different light than you do. If we give you advice, dont fight it. Take it, and digest it in the same way you would consider advice from a doctor or lawyer. I have become used to some parents who just dont want to hear anything negative about their child, but sometimes if youre willing to take early warning advice to heart, it can help you head off an issue that could become much greater in the future.

Trust us. At times when I tell parents that their child has been a behavior problem, I can almost see the hairs rise on their backs. They are ready to fight and defend their child, and it is exhausting. One of my biggest pet peeves is when I tell a mom something her son did and she turns, looks at him and asks, Is that true? Well, of course its true. I just told you. And please dont ask whether a classmate can confirm what happened or whether another teacher might have been present. It only demeans teachers and weakens the partnership between teacher and parent.

Some parents will make excuses regardless of the situation, and they are raising children who will grow into adults who turn toward excuses and do not create a strong work ethic. If you dont want your child to end up 25 and jobless, sitting on your couch eating potato chips, then stop making excuses for why they arent succeeding. Instead, focus on finding solutions.

At a time when parental involvement is getting more and more legislative attention and funding, Clarks message may resonate with teachers and school officials who are striving to implement effective parental involvement programs.  The research supports it, teachers corroborate it, and parents generally accept the impact of their role in education.  Yet, engaging parents in supporting learning at home still seems to be such a challenge for many.

Federal Title I legislation defines parent involvement as:  The participation of parents in regular, two-way, meaningful communication involving students’ academic learning and other school activities. The involvement includes ensuring that parents play an integral role in assisting their child’s learning; that parents are encouraged to be actively involved in their child’s education at school; that parents are full partners in their child’s education and are included, as appropriate, in decisionmaking and on advisory committees to assist in the education of their child.

Resources like the New Path Learning  Curriculum Mastery® Take-Home™ Edition enables schools to easily extend time-on-task for an individual student at home as a homework assignment. It also involves the entire family in the learning process. Students will also benefit when parents see the kind of learning that the school expects for their child.

Maybe Clark is right about what teachers really want to tell parents.  But I also believe that there are parents out there that want to help at home but are ill-equipped to do so.  It is definitely a two-way street teachers need to communicate with parents and give them the tools they need to help at home, and parents need to support the education that happens at school and extend it beyond the classroom walls.  Helping with homework, family game night, grocery shopping, cooking, and gardening are all perfect opportunities for parents to support education and incorporate learning experiences into healthy everyday family activities.

and let us know what you think.  We are also interested in learning more about the parental involvement programs out there.  Is your school  or district implementing a system that enables parents to participate more?  Or are you a parent who has made a commitment to your childs eductation?    Let us know wed love to hear from you.

Schoodoodle.com carries the best selection of early childhood, elementary and upper grades  instructional materials for classroom and home as well as educational toys and games.

Ross Sheppard is hosting many of the top universities from across Canada, as our Grade 12 students will have an opportunity to get important information and have their questions answered from representatives of these universities. Below are the dates and times for these sessions (please note that all this information is posted permanently on our online calendar as well):

• Sept. 30^th –  U of A  - lunch break, large gym
• Oct. 6^th – SFU – lunch break,  rm. 108
• Oct. 14^th & 15^th – NAIT Open House (at NAIT)
• Oct. 18^th – UBC – lunch  break, Archives Rm.
• Oct. 18^th – Western – 3:30, rm. 108
• Oct. 19^th – Queens – lunch break, rm. 108
• Oct. 20^th – U of T – 3:30, Archives Rm.
• Oct. 22^nd – U of A Open House (at U of A)
• Oct. 28^th – U of Waterloo – lunch break, rm. 108
• Nov. 1^st – Huron Univ. – lunch break, rm. 108
• Nov. 2^nd – Carleton – 3:30, rm. 108
• Nov. 7^th – McGill – 3:30, Archives Rm.