Mahony Earns CCS Credential

May 7, 2010

Judy Mahony, Coder at Valley County Health System, recently earned the Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) credential. 

Certified Coding Specialists are mastery-level professionals skilled in classifying medical data from patient records, generally in the hospital setting. These coding practitioners review patients' records and assign numeric codes for each diagnosis and procedure. To perform this task, they must possess expertise in the ICD-9-CM and CPT coding systems. In addition, the CCS is knowledgeable in medical terminology, disease processes, and pharmacology.

Mahony has worked in the Health Information department at Valley County Health System since December, 2006.