Medical Coding Specialist Job Description. Medical coding specialists work in hospitals, clinics and physicians' offices to obtain accurate reimbursement for healthcare claims. They utilize specialized medical classification software to assign procedure and diagnosis codes for insurance billing.
A unique and intricate style, the tradition of Maya architecture spans several thousands of years. Often, the buildings most dramatic and easily recognizable as Maya are the stepped pyramids from the Terminal Pre-classic period and beyond. Being based on the general Mesoamerican architectural traditions, these pyramids relied on intricate carved stone in order to create a stairstep design.
Their numerical system is similar to that of the Romans, but instead of Xâs and Iâs they use dots, bars and shells. Each dot has the value of one, each bar the value of five, and each shell the value of zero. This brings us to the main mathematical contribution of the Mayans, the concept of zero.