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 OR BI 147 and BI 151 OR 148 MA 115, MR 101, MR 102
HIT students must be advised by the HIT Department Head prior to registering for MR 105
Corequisites: MR 106
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