HITT 2346 - Advanced Medical Coding

3 Credits (1 hr. lec., 5 hrs. lab.) ICD and CPT coding rules, conventions, and guidelines in complex case studies. Investigation of government regulations and changes in health care reporting. Prerequisite: HITT 1341 and HITT 1342 with a minimum grade of C; Instructor approval; MATH 0308; College Level Readiness in Reading AND Writing
Course Outcomes
1 - Analyze health records to assign principal/secondary diagnoses and procedures.
2 - Assign the PPS reimbursement methodologies.
3 - Accurately code complex case studies: advancing coding skills through the use of complex case studies using more complex code assignments to determine the correct diagnoses.
4 - Use actual medical records from a variety of patient types.
5 - Student should be introduced to diagnostic based prospective payment groupers: DRG, APR-DRG, & RUGS.
6 - Students should be introduced to ICD-10CM including compare and contrast assignments from ICD-9 to ICD-10 and be able to code accurately.
7 - Students should be introduced to other coding systems (DSM-IV, ICD-0) and code accurately.
8 - Students should be introduced to systematized nomenclature of medicine (SNOMED) and code accurately.
9 - Students should be able to code accurately using case studies and authentic coding practicing with more complex procedure code assignments with ICD-9-CM and CPT 4.
10 - Students should be introduced to procedure based payment systems and code accurately including sequencing as it relates to reimbursement.