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  Within the past 20 years, medical coding has evolved in a significant way. In the 80's most documentation was either handwritten or transcribed and sometimes typed on an electric typewriter. As advances in technology became more affordable to the public in general, personal computers were used to type documents and save them onto floppy disks or print forms using the old dot-matrix printers. Coding was done through the use of a superbill or charge master, marked by the physician. Surgical services and procedures were entered into computer software billing systems and claims printed and mailed to insurance companies. Insurance and patient payments received via mail (snail mail) were entered into the same software program and monthly statements, showing a patient's balance, were printed and mailed. The technology boom from the 1980s to the present has brought about enormous changes to how we manage information. Aside from all the high-tech HIPAA laws that have been put into eff