Medical Coding - Certified Professional Coder (CPC) Prep Program
• Course led by Internationally Certified Faculty
International Classification of Diseases – 10CM (Tenth revision- clinical modification)
ICD-10CM is the medical coding system, standard for healthcare billing and coding services, used by the physicians and other healthcare providers to classify and code all diagnoses. Total 68000 codes (A00 – Z99)
Current Procedural Terminology
CPT refers to a listing of descriptive terms and identifying 5 digit codes for reporting medical , surgical, and diagnostic procedures and services performed by physicians, health insurance companies.
(00100 – 99607)
The Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System
HCPCS is a standardized coding system that is used primarily to identify products, supplies, and services not included in the CPT codes.
Medical Coding – Highly In-Demand Career..!!
What is Medical Coding?
Medical Coding is the transformation of healthcare diagnosis, procedures, medical services, and equipment into universal medical alphanumeric codes. Medical coders assign standard codes using CPT, ICD 10 & HCPCS Classification system.
Course Description:
The course is designed for candidate who has strong desire to start career in healthcare industry as Medical Coder, this course will thoroughly focus on the fundamentals of Medical Coding including ICD 10 & CPT, HCPCS Coding.
Course objectives:
- Medical record review to abstract information required to support accurate facility coding
- Accurate assignment of ICD 10, CPT and HCPCS Level II Codes for diagnoses and procedures performed in the facility settings
- Current Rules, Regulations & Issues regarding medical coding compliance and reimbursement
- Coding and Reimbursement Rules affecting the Charge Description Master, fee updates and the Fee Locators
- Anatomy, Physiology & Medical terminology required to correctly code facility service and diagnoses. Outpatient reimbursement methodologies.
Course Content:
- Medical Coding – ICD 10 , CPT, HCPCS
- Reimbursement Methodologies and Medical Science
- Medical Terminology with basic anatomy and physiology
- Clinical Vocabularies & Classification System
- Introduction to UAE & US Coding guidelines.
- Introduction to Medical Billing
Benefits:
Certified Medical coder can work as Entry level coder, coding clerk, coding technician, medical coder/biller, and medical record coder and etc.
Training Curriculum
Course Delivery
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Training Curriculum:
Language of Medicine
Introduction
Pharmacology
Gastroenterology
Urology
OB/GYN
Male Reproductive
System
Pulmonology
Cardiology
Neurology
Hematology
Orthopedics-Musculoskeletal
Lymphatic & Immune
System
Dermatology
Opthalmology
ENT
Endocrinology
Psychiatry
Oncology
Radiation
Certain Infectious and
Parasitic Diseases(A00- B99)
Neoplasms (C00-D49)
(D50-D89), Revision
Chapter 1&2
Mental and Behavioral
Disorders (F01- F99)
Disease of Nervous
System (G00- G99)
Disease of Eye and
Adnexa (H00- H59)
Disease of Ear and
Mastoid Process (H60- H95)
Disease of Circulatory
System (I00- I99)
Disease of Respiratory
System (J00- J99)
Disease of the
Digestive System (K00- K95)
Disease of Skin and
Subcutaneous tissue(L00- L99)
Disease of
musculoskeletal system (M00 - M99)
Disease of
Genitourinary System (N00- N99)
Pregnancy, Childbirth
and Puerperium(O00-O9A)
Conditions Orginating
in the Perinatal Period(P00- P96)
Congenital
Malformations, Chromosomal Abnormality (Q00- Q99)
Symptoms, Signs, and
Abnormal Clinical Findings(R00- R99)
Injury, Poisoning, and
Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (S00- T88)
External Cause of
Morbidity (V00- V99)
Factors Influenzing
Health Status (Z00- Z99)
Introduction -Category
I,II & III Codes
Modifiers
Anesthesia
Surgery - Integumentary
Surgery -
Musculoskeletal
Surgery - Respiratory
Surgery -
Cardiovascular
Surgery - Digestive
Surgery - Urinary, Male
and Female Genital system
Surgery - Endocrine,
Nervous, Eye and Auditory
Radiology
Pathology and
Laboratory
Medicine
Evaluation and
Management
Introduction to HCPCS
Guidelines
HIPAA Rules
ABN
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Certifying Examination
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Online
Certifying examination
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Medical coding is the transformation of healthcare diagnosis, procedures, medical services, and equipment into universal medical alphanumeric codes. The diagnoses and procedure codes are taken from medical record documentation, such as transcription of physician's notes, laboratory and radiologic results, etc.
Certified Professional Coder (CPC) Prep Program 5-month online course is aligned with the standards set by the AAPC (American Association of Professional Coders).
The program is designed to promote self-learning with round-the-clock help from our experienced trainers who provide instant clarification and constant motivation and guidance through Skype, chat sessions and/or phone calls. The trainers also conduct regularly scheduled Webinars or Virtual Classroom (whiteboard) sessions with candidates around the globe.
This wide exposure, coupled with our expert guidance, provides the learner with adequate training that stands him/her in good stead while handling live work.
The online training classes require no special software or hardware. You can study on your own time without the hassles of commuting to work, arranging your work schedule or finding childcare and in the end earn a Certificate of Course Completion.