Course Lessons
Lesson 1: Introduction to Medical Coding The healthcare industry, complex and rigorous even for the most knowledgeable and thorough of professionals, requires that paperwork be submitted both in a highly accurate and very timely manner. |
Lesson 2: Introduction to Diagnosis Coding "Act or process of identifying of determining the nature and cause of a disease or injury through the evaluation and examination of a patient history's and the review of subsequent laboratory data." |
Lesson 3: ICD-9-CM - What is it? Introduction to ICD-9-CM coding. |
Lesson 4: ICD-9-CM Coding and Structure Formally known as the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification, most within the healthcare industry tend to call it by its acronym, ICD-9-CM. |
Lesson 5: Reimbursement One of the primary purposes of medical coding, and subsequent billing, is to obtain a reimbursement from the third-party biller. |
Lesson 6: ICD-9-CM Coding Practice Problems Review ICD-9-CM Coding Practice Problems. |
Lesson 7: Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) What is CPT? |
Lesson 8: CPT Coding and Structure Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) as officially stated encompasses a set of codes, descriptions and guidelines used to distinguish medical procedures performed by physicians and additional healthcare providers. |
Lesson 9: Evaluation and Management (E/M) Coding In this lesson we'll be exploring E/M coding. |
Lesson 10: Surgery and Integumentary System Coding In this lesson we'll explore surgery and integumentary system coding. |
Lesson 11: Anesthesia CPT Codes Let's explore the anesthesia CPT codes. |
Lesson 12: Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Musculoskeletal Systems Cardiovascular, respiratory and musculoskeletal are distinct in terms of their unique terminologies and special cases, they all share the commonality of having a range of codes correlative to anatomical surgeries. |
Lesson 13: Radiology and Pathology Coding We will now turn our attention to the two remaining CPT Manual subsections (outside of medicine and the appendices), those of radiology and pathology. |
Lesson 14: CPT Coding Practice Problems Within the CPT 2007 Standard edition, there are literally tens of thousands of individual CPT codes. Thus, while it would impossible and non-productive (as they change so frequently) to memorize all of the codes, it is a good idea to understand how the ma |
Lesson 15: Introduction to Documentation (Medical History) Health Information Management and Documentation occupies a titanic area within the medical world. |
Lesson 16: Medical Examination, Decision Making, Selecting the Correct Code As a medical coder, your job will be select the most appropriate diagnostic and/or procedural code in order to report encounters, services, tests, treatments, supplies and procedures provided to a patient. |
Lesson 17: Issues with Fraud and Abuse Within the US, hundreds upon hundreds of cases pertaining to medical coding/billing fraud and abuse annually amount to billions of dollars lost to government programs, public and private healthcare companies and third party billers. |
Glossary Course Glossary |
- Basic medical terminology
- Basic claims process for medical insurance reimbursement
- Methodologies for completing common insurance forms
- Guidance for using medical billing software
- Introduction to diagnostic and procedural coding systems