Autonomous Medical Coding: Is AI Ready to Replace Coders in 2026?
Dr. Dereck Mush, MD, MBA
Fathom
AI platform automating medical coding for healthcare providers and billing companies.
What they do
Fathom offers natural language processing software that reads physician notes and clinical documentation to automatically output ICD and CPT billing codes, reducing operational costs and claims denial rates.
The record
- Vertical
- Clinical AI & Documentation
- Sub-segment
- Autonomous medical coding
- Product type
- Platform software
- Stage
- Series B
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Region
- North America
- Founded
- 2015
- Total funding
- $61M raised
Notable investors: Alkeon Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Founders Fund, Cedars-Sinai.
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