MEDR 2614 - Advanced Coding & Reimbursemnt

This is an online lecture and lab-based course that includes intermediate and advanced study of the ICD-9-CM (and ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS, abbreviated as ICD-10-CM/PCS), CPT, and HCPCS level II classification systems. Application-based assignments allow students to demonstrate their mastery of coding conventions, coding principles, and official inpatient and outpatient coding guidelines. Students use inpatient and outpatient (e.g., ambulatory surgery, emergency department, physician office) case studies and patient records to assign codes to diagnosis/procedure statements and generate physician queries. ICD-9-CM, ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, CPT, and HCPCS level II coding manuals and encoders (e.g., 3M CodeFinder, CodeCorrect.com, Ingenix Encoder Pro, QuadraMed Quantim) are required. Students generate diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) and ambulatory patient classifications (APCs) for inpatient and outpatient cases, respectively, and complete assignments to master other prospective payment systems (e.g., ambulatory surgical center payments, resource utilization groups, home health resource groups).