HIM-2520 Principles and Applications of ICD Coding II

Credits 3
The course is a supervised student practice in a simulated laboratory and clinical practice settings; emphasis on inpatient and ambulatory coding with ICD and CPT/HCPCS coding systems using encoder and grouper software, data abstracting, and data retrieval from indices.
Prerequisite(s): HIM-1540, HIM-1550, HIM-1580, HIM-1600.
Corequisite(s): HIM-2510 and HIM-2600 concurrent or permission of program director.
(Offered fall only.)

Course Outcomes

Apply medical coding guidelines and standards to inpatient and ambulatory diagnoses, procedures, and symptoms for data collection and processing according to departmental protocol.
Apply medical codes for classification and reimbursement.
Identify data elements and values for retrieving health information from databases.
Prepare written reports according to coding guidelines and standards.