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Nosologists: What Do They Do and Why Is It Important?
![Medical coders Celia Dickens, Tyringa Crawford, and Holly Lambert pose behind a manual. They are part of a select group; around the world there are only a few mortality coders.](https://blogs.cdc.gov/nchs/wp-content/uploads/sites/36/2015/06/nosologists1.jpg)
“How many causes of death are there?” The question makes the experts from the Division of Vital Statistics (DVS) share looks and smiles as they point towards enormous binders. A death certificate often includes a series of conditions that led to the death of an individual. Each condition has a code and is tracked on Read More >
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