HITE 210 — Clinical Stms ICD-10CM/PCS Cod
This course is designed to familiarize the student with coding and classification systems used in health information management. Emphasis will be on inpatient coding and classification utilizing ICD-10-CM/PCS. Coursework will focus on the official coding guidelines and use of the two volumes of ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS. Additional classifications are briefly studied. Students will acquire the knowledge and skills to code diagnosis using ICD-10-CM organized by body systems. System guidelines include; Infectious and Parasitic diseases, Neoplasm, Endocrine, Nutritional, and Metabolic diseases, Diseases of Nervous System. Diseases of the Eye and Adnexa, Diseases of the Circulatory system, Diseases of the Respiratory system, Diseases of Digestive system, Diseases of the Musculoskeletal system and Connective tissues, Diseases of the genitourinary system, Pregnancy, Childbirth and the puerperium. Emphasis is also placed on coding procedures using the major sections of ICD-10-PCS. The laboratory component of the course emphasizes the use of computer-based coding software (encoder) to assign diagnostic and procedural codes by abstracting information from patient records. Students will also determine the DRG for each patient record coded.