CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION SYS CODING

Catalog description

This course introduces principles and guidelines for using the International Classification of Diseases system to code diagnoses 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. Prerequisite: HITT 1305 Medical Terminology, and BIOL 2401 and BIOL 2402 w/ lab components