MR 105 - Introduction to Coding, Classification & Reimbursement Systems

Credit Hours: 3

This course includes a study of the principles of disease nomenclature and classifications systems, specifically an in-depth study of the current medical coding (ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS) and related reimbursement systems.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

identify the purposes of a disease and operation classification systems;
identify, differentiate and apply general information regarding various classification systems and nomenclatures utilized in the health care field;
identify the content and arrangement of the major divisions of the current coding system;
apply coding principles for abbreviation, punctuation, symbols, and other conventions and notations used in the current system;
assign medical codes for diseases, conditions, operations and non-surgical procedures according to accepted guidelines and principles;
define primary disease, principal diagnosis, principal procedure, and correctly sequence the medical codes according to official sequencing guidelines;
abstract, code and sequence diagnostic information from health records using the current medical coding system; and
monitor compliance with governmental, regulations and accreditation standards relative to coding.

Prerequisites: BI 150, BI 151, MA 115, MR 101, MR 102
Corequisites: MR 106
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