Expert Certificate Course in Medical Coding

Training Provided by Online Training Directory This course is designed for those looking to work as medical coders from their homes or in a healthcare facility. Welcome to our Expert Certificate Medical Coding course Medical coding was developed as a universal language for the medical profession to ensure proper financial reimbursement from insurance companies and government agencies. Numerical codes provide the clarity that insurance firms need to keep paperwork and payments flowing. Learning this numeric language puts a new world of employment possibilities at your fingertips. This course offers expertly prepared material that will train you to become a professional medical coder in your own time and on your own terms. Working from your home or in a healthcare facility, you would assign the codes you learn to medical diagnoses and procedures. Another important aspect of medical coding is that it is used to keep records and prepare statistical reports that track diseases, ailments, and health conditions over long periods of time. This information provides valuable research material.

Expert Certificate Course in Medical Coding Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Show a solid understanding of the medical coding profession
2. Understand and be able to fill out claim forms
3. Know how to file claims with different insurance companies
4. Confidently pursue a career in medical coding

Assessment
Evaluation of student performance will be based on the following:

1. Online practice exercises
2. Individual module tests
3. Comprehensive final exam

Grades & Self Reporting: You will have 12 months to complete this course and take your final exam. If no final is taken, your grade will be posted as a "fail." Shortly after enrollment you will begin receiving regular email notifications regarding your course of study. We will be asking how you are progressing in this class. It is your responsibility to respond to our emails and work to finish this course within the time period stated. Not responding to these update notices could result in significant delays, grade reporting issues and failure in the class. Your goal is to complete the course and pass your final exam.
All modules in the Medical Coding courses are comprised of teaching materials and exercises, plus online testing, all of which can be easily accessed at the student?s convenience. A typical time frame for completion is listed beside each module based upon a part time study schedule. Time, however, will vary depending on the student?s availability. Expert Course includes

• Unlimited IMMEDIATE online access to course materials (10 modules - see below)
• 6 months access to CustomCoder? CustomCoder? gives real-time access to code detail and reference information on CPT, HCPCS, ICD-9 codes, and more. It offers the most comprehensive, up-to-date coding information, and is available in three formats, online, desktop, and/or in print. With this program you have the ability to create updatable customized printable code books.
• 8 Medical Terminology videos:
  • Introduction to Terminology #1
  • Introduction to Terminology #2
  • The Digestive System
  • The Urinary System
  • The Female Reproductive System
  • The Male Resproductive System
  • Obstetrics and Neonatology
  • The Integumentary System

Online Modules MODULE 1: The ICD - 9 Book (50 hrs.)

• Introduction
• Necessary Materials
• History of Diagnostic Coding
• The ICD-9 Purpose
• Who's Responsible?
• The Superbill
• The ICD-9 Book
• Volume I: Diseases Tabular List
• Volume II: Diseases Alphabetic Index
• Volume III: Procedures Tabular LIst and Alphabetic Index
• Organization of the Procedures
• Necessity to Standardize Procedural Terminology
• The HCFA-1500 Form

MODULE 2: The ICD - 9 Diagnosis Coding (55 hrs.)

• Getting Started
• ICD-10 Coding
• ICD-9 Coding
• The Primary Diagnosis
• What is a Primary Diagnosis
• ICD-9 Index Conventions and Terms
• Abbreviations
• Punctuation
• Terms and Conditions
• Cross References
• The ICD-9 Codes
• Three Digit Codes
• Fouth Digit Sub-Classification
• Fifth Digit Sub-Classification
• The Coding Process
• Basic Rules of the Coding Process
• Diagnostic Statements
• Understanding Main Terms
• Basic Steps for Using Volume II
• Answer Key - Basic Steps for Using Voume II
• Other Basic Rules for Using Volume II
• Other Basic Rules for Using Volume I
• Coding Tips
• Coding Fractures
• Fourth and Fifth Digit Coding
• Fourth Digit
• Fifth Digit
• Step-By-Step Example of 5th Digit Coding

MODULE 3: V-CODES, E-CODES and Neoplasm (45 hrs.)

• The Official Coding Guidelines
• General Rules
• Etiology and Manifestation of Disease
• Coding Other Specific Condidions
• Morphology Codes (M8000/0 to M9970/1)
• The Neoplasm Table
• What is an E-Code? (E800-E999)
• Using the E-Code Index
• E-Code Categories
• Billing with E-Codes
• What is a V-Code (V01-V82)
• Reviewing the V-Code Categories
• Hypertensive Disease Table
• The Neoplasms
• Lesions
• E-codes
• E-Codes - The Table of Drugs and Chemicals
• V-Codes
• Coding an V-Code Procedure
• Locating V-Code's Procedures
• V-Codes as a Primary Diagnosis?
• V-Codes Indicator Table
• The Hypertension Table
• Late Effects Codes
• Coding Burns
• Rule of Nines

MODULE 4: CPT Coding Introduction (50 hrs.)

• Current Procedural Terminology Coding
• Necessary Materials
• History of Procedural Coding
• What are CPT Codes?
• HCPCS Coding System
• The CPT Coding Guide
• The CPT Coding Book
• Reviewing Your CPT Guide
• The CPT Guide Format
• The CPT Symbols and Conventions
• STOP! Before moving on to the next symbol, some important information
• Back to the Symbols
• Explanation of the Secondary Statements
• 'Symbol' for Surgery Procedures
• More 'Symbols' for Surgery
• The CPT Conventions
• Divisions of the CPT Sections
• Lets Take a Closer Look
• What are Guidelines?
• Stand Alone and Indented Codes
• What is a Modifier?
• CPT Coding Guide Appendicies
• Reviewing the CPT Book
• The CPT Sections
• CPT Symbols
• CPT Conventions

MODULE 5: Coding Structures (55 hrs.)

• Coding Structures of The CPT Manual
• The CPT Code
• The CPT 'Special Circumstances'
• The CPT Index
• Practice Using the Index
• Index Code Ranges
• Index Conventions
• Main Terms/Qualifying Descriptions
• Recognizing a Main Term
• CPT Guide - Indented Terms - Index
• CPT Guide - Indented Terms - Main Section
• The CPT Coding System
• Special Circumstances - Unlisted Procedures
• CPT Notes and Guidelines
• Reviewing the CPT Book
• CPT Symbols Review
• The CPT Index Review
• Index Code Ranges
• Index Conventions
• CPT Main Section Review
• Main Terms/Qualifying Descriptions

MODULE 6: Coding a Surgery (50 hrs.)

• Coding a Surgery
• The Surgery Section
• Defining the 17 Surgery Sections
• Defining the Subsection Sections
• Global Surgical Packages
• Starred Procedures (or Asterisk Procedures)
• Seperate Procedure Information
• Seperate Procedure Information
• Follow-up Care
• Add-on Codes (+)
• Surgical Terms and Coding a Surgery
• The Surgery Section Guidelines
• The Surgery Section Subsections
• Defining Surgical Groups
• Defining Follow-up Care
• Defining Add-on Codes
• Coding Surgeries-Operative Reports
• Example 1: Hospital Operative Report
• Example 2: Hospital Outpatient Operative Reports
• Coding - Patients Chart Notes

MODULE 7: Coding, Evaluation & Management Services (50 hrs.)

• What are Evaluation and Management Codes?
• The CPT Evaluation and Management Section
• The Evalutaion and Management Format
• The E&M Commonly Used Terms
• Code Assignement Factors
• The Levels of E&M Services
• E&M Services Key Components
• Contributing Factors
• The E&M Section Format
• Basic Steps for Selection E&M Codes

MODULE 8: Modifiers, HCPCS, and Medicine Codes (55 hrs.)

• Modifiers, HCPCS, and Medicine Codes
• Ways to Report Modifiers
• Modifier Appendix
• Modifier and the Section Guidelines
• Coding with Modifiers
• Surgical Modifiers
• Special Note: Modifier -51
• Modifier Descriptions and Groups
• Why are Modifiers Useful?
• Modifiers -26 (Professional Components)
• What are HCPCS Codes?
• HCPCS Code Format
• Useful Information
• HCPCS Level I Codes - CPT Codes
• HCPCS Level II Codes - National Codes
• HCPCS Level III Codes - Local Codes
• HCPCS Level II - 23 Divisions
• Rules of Coding with HCPCS Codes
• Modifiers
• Psychiatry and Biofeedback
• Ophthalmology
• Dialysis (ESRD)
• Cadiovascular
• Allergy Immunology
• What is a Modifier?
• Modifier Appendix
• Coding with Modifiers
• Coding with HCPCS
• Medicine Codes

MODULE 9: Coding Radiology and Pathology (45 hrs.)

• Introduction
• Radiology Coding 70000 Through 79999
• Radiology Terms
• Radiology Planes
• Radiology Subsections
• Radiology Guidelines
• Exactly What is Supervision and Interpretation?
• Let's Look at One Together
• Important Note
• Diagnostic Radiology
• Diagnostic Ultrasound
• Radiation Oncology
• Nuclear Medicine
• What is Pathology?
• Pathology Subsections
• Collection of Specimen
• Organ or Disease Oriented Panels
• Drug Testing & Therepeutic Drug Assays
• Clinical Patholgoy Consultants
• Urinalysis and Chemistry
• Hematology and Coagulatoin
• Surgical Pathology
• Surgical Pathology Levels
• Radiology
• Radiology Terms
• Radiology Planes
• Radiology Components
• Supervision, Interpretation and Contrast Materials
• Pathology
• Collection of Specimen
• Drug Testing & Therapeutic Drug Assays
• Surgical Pathology

MODULE 10: Coding Anesthesia Services (45 hrs.)

• Introduction
• Anesthesia Services
• Reporting Basic Anesthesia Services
• Anesthesia IA Section Format
• The Relative Value Guide (RVG)
• Practice 'A' - Anesthesia Time
• Qualifying Circumstances - codes and values
• Summing it All Up!

Appendix I - Miscellaneous ResourcesAPPENDIX II - Extra CPT ExercisesAPPENDIX III - Extra ICD - 9 ExercisesAPPENDIX IV - Glossary of Terms Contact Hours: 160

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