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HCPro ICD-10 Basics Boot CampTM

Course Outline

Students registering for the live ICD-10 Basics Boot Camp may choose the full two-day agenda (both ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS) or choose to register only for the Day One agenda (ICD-10-CM only), if they do not require detail on procedures coding.

Day One

Module 1 – Introduction to ICD–10–CM

  • Historical Perspective – Why Do We Need ICD–10–CM?
  • Structural Differences in ICD–9–CM versus ICD–10–CM

Module 2 – ICD–10–CM Coding Conventions and Official Guidelines

  • Placeholders
  • 7th characters
  • Laterality
  • Excludes notes
  • Default codes
  • The "dash" (–)
  • Individual Exercises

Module 3 – ICD–10–CM – Chapter Specific Coding (including selected applicable Official Guidelines for sequencing)

  • Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
    • HIV
    • Sepsis/septicemia
  • Neoplasms
    • Neoplasm table
  • Diseases of the Blood and Blood Forming Organs
    • Anemia
  • Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
    • Diabetes mellitus
    • Obesity and BMI's
  • Mental Disorders
    • Depression
    • Substance abuse and dependence
  • Diseases of the Nervous System
    • Seizures and epilepsy
    • CVAs
  • Diseases of the Circulatory System
    • CAD
    • Acute myocardial infarction
  • Diseases of the Respiratory System
    • Pneumonia
    • COPD
    • Asthma
  • Diseases of the Digestive System
    • Hernias

Module 3 – ICD–10–CM – Chapter Specific Coding Examples (continued)

  • Diseases of Skin and Subcutaneous Tissues
    • Pressure ulcers
  • Diseases of Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue
    • Osteoporosis
  • Diseases of the Genitourinary System
    • Chronic kidney disease
  • Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium
    • 7th character
    • Pregnancy related complication codes
    • Outcome of delivery codes
  • Newborns/Congenital Disorders
    • Principal diagnosis
  • Symptoms/Signs and Abnormal Findings, NEC
    • Glasgow coma scale
  • Injury Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes
    • Injuries and fractures
    • Burns
    • Poisonings and adverse effects
  • External Causes of Morbidity
    • Place of occurrence
    • Activity codes
  • Individual Exercises

Day Two

Module 4 – Introduction to ICD–10–PCS

  • Historical Perspective – Why Do We Need ICD–10–PCS?
  • Structural Differences in ICD–9–CM Volume 3 versus ICD–10–PCS
  • Review of ICD-10-PCS Coding Guidelines

Module 5 - ICD-10-PCS Procedure Coding

  • Overview of the Sections
  • Section 0 - Root Operations That:
    • Take out some or all of a body part
    • Take out solids/gases from a body part
    • Put in/put back or move some/all of a body part
    • Alter the diameter/route of a tubular structure
    • Always involve a device
    • Involve examination only
    • Include other repairs
    • Include other objectives
  • Section 1 - Obstetrics
  • Overview of Ancillary Sections 2-9 and B-D and F-H
  • Individual Exercises

** Agenda– subject to change**



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