MR 203 - CPT Coding, Classification & Reimbursement Systems

Credit Hours: 3

Concurrent Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding conventions and guidelines will be presented along with various reimbursement systems (RBRVs, APCs, etc.).

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 CPT;
apply coding principles for abbreviation, punctuation, symbols, and other conventions and notations used in CPT;
assign CPT codes according to accepted guidelines and principles (manually and using computerized encoder);
correctly sequence CPT according to official sequencing guidelines;
abstract, code and sequence information from health records using CPT;
monitor compliance with governmental regulations and accreditation standards relative to coding; and
identify the correct reimbursement system for each type of outpatient services.

Prerequisites: BI 150, BI 151, BI 152, BI 153, MR 105, MR 106, MR 250, MA 115
Corequisites: MR 204
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