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Medical Coding (Day1)

Module 1- Introduction and Orientation

Module 2- Documenting Medical Records

Module 3- Medical Terminology

Module 4- Introduction to Anatomy

Module 5- Diagnostic Coding (ICD-9, ICD-10)

Actual coding process
History of the International Classification of Diseases and the development of the ICD-9/10-CM coding system
ICD-9/10-CM Coding Manual Introduction
Structure of the coding manual
Purposes of the various volumes within the manual
Handling abbreviations, cross references, and punctuation when coding, and they gain an introduction to Volumes I and II of the ICD-9-CM.
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Coding: Guidelines and Rules
Guidelines and rules of the diagnosis coding process
How coders interact with the super bill and claim forms and how the forms relate to the ICD-9-CM.
Basic coding exercises also allow students to practice what they've learned so far.

Medical Coding (Day2)

Module 6- CPT Coding

Medical Coding (Day3)

Module 7- Pharmacological Compendium
Module 8- HCPCS Coding
Module 9- CDT Coding
Module 10- NDC Coding
Module 11- Medical Ethics

Concepts of ethics, compliance, fraud and abuse and how these concepts apply to medial coding specialists.
Importance of confidentiality when dealing with medical records.
Insurance audits and the legal concepts involved.

Module 12- Health Insurance Specialists

Module 13- Coding Practice

Outpatient and inpatient coding exercises
Specialty coding and chart abstraction to build coding expertise (from simple to very complicated)

Module 14- Coding Resource