MR 203 - Advanced Coding, Classification & Reimbursement Systems

• identify the purposes of a disease and operation classification systems;
• identify, differentiate and apply general information regarding variousclassification systems and nomenclatures utilized in the health care field;
• identify the content and arrangement of the major divisions of CPT and  ICD-9-CM;
• differentiate among the following types of CPT and ICD-9-CM codes: Category, Subclassification, Ecodes, Vcodes, and procedure codes;
• apply coding principles for abbreviation, punctuation, symbols, and other conventions and notations used in CPT and ICD-9-CM;
• assign ICD-9-CM and CPT codes for diseases, conditions, operations and non-surgical procedures according to accepted guidelines and principals. (manually and using computerized encoder);
• define primary disease, principal diagnosis, principal procedure, and correctly sequence CPT and ICD-9-CM codes according to official sequencing guidelines;
• abstract, code and sequence diagnostic information from health records using CPT and ICD-9-CM; and
• monitor compliance with governmental, regulations and accreditation standards relative to coding.