Paediatrics is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.

• Paediatricians practice the specialty of medical science concerned with the physical, emotional, and social health of children from birth to young adulthood.
• Paediatric care encompasses a broad spectrum of health services ranging from preventive health care to the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic diseases.
• Paediatricians understand the many factors that affect the growth and development of children. They understand that children are not simply small adults.
• Children change rapidly, and they must be approached with an appreciation for their stage of physical and mental development.
• Paediatricians need to have calm and patient composure. The main reason for this is that they deal with children.

Pediatric billing & coding is different from other specialties as it requires the billers & coders to be aware of elements such as vaccines. Pediatrics can be stressful due to its innumerable modifiers & bundling requirements.