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Certified Coder Boot Camp® - ICD-10-CM & ICD-10-PCS

Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction to ICD-10-CM

  • Code structure and development

Module 2: ICD-10-CM Conventions

  • Placeholders
  • 7th characters
  • Laterality
  • Excludes notes
  • Default codes
  • The "dash" (-)

Module 3: Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting- Section IV Diagnostic Coding and Reporting for Outpatient Services

  • Selection of first listed condition
  • Symptoms and signs
  • Encounters not related to a disease or injury
  • Uncertain diagnoses
  • Chronic and coexisting conditions
  • Diagnostic services
  • Preoperative evaluations
  • General medical/routine screening examinations

Module 4: ICD-10-CM Chapter Specific Coding (A00-Z99)

  • Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
  • Neoplasms
  • Diseases of the Blood and Blood Forming Organs
  • Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
  • Mental Disorders
  • Diseases of the Nervous System
  • Diseases of the Eye/Adnexa
  • Disease of the Ear/Mastoid process
  • Diseases of the Circulatory System
  • Diseases of the Respiratory System
  • Diseases of the Digestive System
  • Diseases of Skin and Subcutaneous Tissues
  • Diseases of Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue
  • Diseases of the Genitourinary System
  • Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium
  • Newborns/Congenital Disorders
  • Symptoms/Signs and Abnormal Findings, NEC
  • Injury Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes
  • External Causes of Morbidity

Module 5: Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting- Section II-III Diagnostic Coding and Reporting for Inpatient Services/ MS-DRG Assignment

  • Selection of principal diagnosis
  • Additional/other diagnoses
  • MS-DRG Assignment in ICD-10-CM/PCS
  • Complications and comorbidities (CCs) and major complications and comorbidities (MCCs)
  • Parts of the medical record

Module 6: Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting- Present on Admission Indicators and Hospital Acquired Conditions

  • Present on admission indicators (POAs)
  • Hospital acquired conditions (HACs)
  • Physician queries

Module 7: Introduction to ICD-10-PCS

  • Code structure and development 

Module 8: ICD-10-PCS Coding Guidelines

  • Medical Surgical Section (Section 0)
  • Root Operation
    • Reporting multiple procedures
  • Body Part
  • Approach
  • Devices
  • Obstetrics Section (Section 1)
  • Other Procedure Sections (Sections 2-H)- Inpatient
    • Transfusions
    • Cardiac catheterizations
    • Imaging
    • Mechanical ventilation
    • Hemodialysis
    • Robotic procedures
    • Detoxification and rehabilitation procedures

Exercises

  • ICD-10-CM Conventions Exercises
  • ICD-10-CM Sequencing Exercises
  • ICD-10-CM Proficiency Exam
  • ICD-10-PCS Root Operation Exercise
  • ICD-10-CM/PCS Operative Note Case Studies
  • ICD-10-CM/PCS Inpatient Case Studies


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