ICD Coding 1 ((3 Credits ))

Catalog description

This course, the first in a two-course sequence, introduces principles and guidelines for using the current international classification of diseases system to code diagnoses in all healthcare settings and procedures in an acute care setting. Examples of patient records, and exercises using coding manuals and software tools, provide practice in coding and sequencing diagnoses and procedures. History and development of clinical vocabularies and classifications systems are introduced. Application of coding principles to electronic record systems is explored.