Building Your Coding House on a Rock - ICD-10-CM Guidelines

Master the Official ICD-10-CM Guidelines for Coding and Reporting! This online course is an intensive study of specific sections of the guidelines with a focus on critical thinking and coding rationale. This course will give you the foundation that will help you build a skyscraper of a coding career! 

Self-paced online course includes:

• Instruction on how to use critical thinking to understand the intent of the guidelines and how to apply them.
• Practical exercises exploring individual codes impacted by specific guidelines with the rationale for the application of ICD-10-CM codes.
• An in-depth exploration of critical ICD-10-CM Official Coding Guidelines sections with definitions and explanation of impact upon code assignment.
• Section I.A. – Coding Conventions
• Section I.B – General Coding Guidelines
• Section II. – Selection of Principal Diagnosis
• Section III. – Additional Diagnoses
• Appendix I – POA Reporting
• Section IV. – Outpatient Services

CEUs: AHIMA 14 units

Course Format: Video instruction, CDC Online codebook, practical critical thinking, coding scenarios, and assessments to gauge understanding of the material.

Course Time: 14 hours