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                   MEDICAL CODING SPECIALIST
                                               (Combined All-in-One)

    LEARN BY DOING, HANDS ON CODING PRACTICE AND APPLICATIONS

Coding to its highest level.  Complete three levels in coding all-in-one program.
Learn coding for many skills for billing, insurance, reimbursements, or claims.
 

If you are going to code in the following places or situations, you need this program:
Physician Office, Group Practice, or Medical Facility. Hospitals, Physician Specialty
Practice, Multi-Practice, or Solo Practice.  Health Care or Home Health Agency,
Hospice, Physician Based Practice.  Billing or Claim Departments, Compliance,
Auditor, or Accounting Facilities.  Medical Billing Companies or Services. Medical
Insurance, Medicare, or Reimbursement Facilities. Radiology, Surgery, or Ambulatory
Center.  Inpatient, Outpatient Hospital Facilities or Departments.  Consultants,
Educators, Legal Counselors, or Physicians. Taking any type of national certification
exam. Needing to prepare for CPC, CCS or other national certification exams.
Medical coding specialist work in medical practices, clinics, specialty practices,
hospitals departments, medical accounting facilities or departments, surgery centers,
long-term health care facilities, insurance companies, dental offices, home health
care agencies, pharmacies, consulting firms, coding and billing services, government
agencies, Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO)s, or home billing businesses.

What you will cover:
Understanding Coding. What is it?
Do’s and Don’ts in Coding.
Understanding Patient Records.
Reporting Health Data to Third Party Payers.
Forms, Documents, and Software Applications.

Understanding the ICD-9-CM Tabular List of Diseases with each category.  
Understanding the Index to Diseases.
Understanding the Index to Procedures and Tabular List of Procedures.
Learn how to List and Describe the Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting.
Understanding and Introduction to International Classification of Diseases, (ICD-9-CM) Coding Systems.
Learn how to interpret the ICD-9-CM Guidelines for coding and reporting.
Learn how to apply the guidelines for coding and reporting when assigning ICD-9-CM.
Hands-on coding practice for proficiency.

Understanding the ICD-9-CM Coding Conventions.  
Learn how to identify ICD-9-CM Coding Conventions as they apply to patient cases.
Learn how to interpret ICD-9-CM Coding Conventions to assign to codes accurately.
Hands-on coding practice for proficiency.

ICD-9-CM Official Coding Guidelines.  
Understanding HIPAA’s impact on ICD-9-CM Official Guidelines for Coding/Reporting.
Learn how to understand the content of each section of the ICD-9-CM Official Guidelines for Coding/Reporting.
Learn how to apply general ICD-9-CM codes with assigning codes to diagnoses and procedures.
Learn how to apply specific ICD-9-CM codes when assigning codes to diagnoses.
Hands-on coding practice for proficiency.

ICD-9-CM  Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting for:
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
Neoplasms
Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases, and Immunity
Diseases of the Blood and Blood Forming Organs
Mental Disorders
Diseases of the Nervous System and Sense Organs
Circulatory System
Respiratory System
Digestive System
Genitourinary System
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Puerperium
Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue
Diseases of the Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue
Congenital Anomalies
Perinatal Period
Signs, Symptoms, and Ill Defined Conditions
Injury and Poisoning
V Codes and E Codes
Hands-on practice coding.

ICD-9-CM Inpatient Coding.
Understand the differences among inpatient health care settings.
Learn how to interpret long-term care facility diagnosis coding and reporting.
Learn how to assign ICD-9-CM diagnosis / procedures codes for inpatient care.
Understanding Inpatient, Long Term Care, Inpatient Reimbursement, and Payment Systems.
Inpatient Coding Guidelines. Diagnosis. Coding Diagnosis and Procedures. Hospital Inpatient Cases.
Hands-on Practice assigning Diagnosis and Procedures.
Hands-on Practice coding Hospital Inpatient Cases, Outpatient, and Emergency cases, Diseases, Diagnosis.
Procedures and Practice Coding Nursing Facility Cases.

ICD-9-CM Outpatient Coding
Learn the difference among outpatient health care settings.
Learn how to interpret outpatient health care settings.
Learn how to assign ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes for outpatient care.
Understanding Hospital Outpatient Services and Coding.
Understanding Home Health Services and Coding.
Understanding Hospice Outpatient Care Services and Coding.

Understanding Diagnostic Coding and Reporting for Outpatient Services, Hospital Based, and Physician Practices.

Coding for Outpatient Diagnostic Test
Coding Home Health Care.
Hospice Outpatient Coding.
Entering ICD-9-CM Codes on Claims and Care Plans.
Diagnostic Coding and Reporting
.

Hands-on Practice Coding ICD-9-CM Coding.
Hands-on Practice Coding for Ambulatory Surgery Center Patients.
Hands-on Practice Coding for Chiropractic Office Patients.
Hands-on Practice Coding for Home Health Agency.
OASIS Diagnosis Coding Diagnosis.
Hands-on Practice Coding Hospice Outpatient Care Patients.
Hands-on Practice Coding Hospital Emergency Department Patients.
Hands-on Practice Coding Hospital Outpatient Department Patients.
Hands-on Practice Coding Hospital Same Day Surgery Patients.
Hands-on Practice Coding Physician Office Patients.
Hands-on Practice Coding Radiology Center Patients.
Hands-on Practice Coding Urgent Care Center Patients.
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HCPCS Level II, National Coding
What is HCPCS?
Understanding HCPCS Level II Codes and Code Sections.
Official Guidelines for Modifiers Use.
Where to apply Modifiers on the UB Hospital claim.
Learn how to assign HCPCS Level II Procedure and Service Codes for outpatient care.
Learn how to Identify Situations in which HCPCS Level I and Level II codes are assigned.
Learn how to assign claims to primary Medicare administrative contractors or durable medical equipment.
How to Determine Payer’s Responsibility.
Patient Record Documentation.
Hands-on Practice HCPC Coding for each section specified and patient cases.
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Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Coding.
Understanding what is CPT coding?
Understanding how CPT is organized, the format, and content.
Understanding the CPT Index.
Understanding the CPT Appendices.
Understanding the CPT Symbols.
Understanding the CPT Sections, Subsections, Categories, and Subcategories.
Learn how to interpret CPT section guidelines, coding notes, and modifiers.
Learn how to assign CPT procedure and service codes to outpatient care.
Learn how to add CPT or HCPCS level II modifiers to codes, as needed.
Hands-on coding practice in CPT.
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Understanding CPT Evaluation and Management
What is CPT?
Understanding the CPT Evaluation and Management Coding Sections.
Understanding the levels of evaluation and management services.
Understanding the Extent of Examination and Types.
Understanding CPT modifiers.
Learn how to assign E/M Codes.
Hospital Inpatient Services and Care Codes.
Consultations.
Learn how to interpret, select, assign, and add CPT or HCPC level II codes as needed per case.
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Hands-on Coding Practice In:
Procedure Practice for proficiency.
Office or Other Outpatient Service.
Hospital Observation Service.
Hospital Inpatient Service coding practice.
Consultation Coding Practice.
Emergency Department Service.
Pediatric Critical Care Patient Transport.
Critical Care Coding Practice.
Inpatient Neonatal and Pediatric Critical Coding Practice.
Inpatient Neonatal Critical Care Continuing Intensive Care Coding.
Domiciliary, Rest Home, or Custodial Care Coding.
Home Service Coding Practice.
Prolonged Physician Service Coding Practice.
Physician Standby Services Coding Practice.
Case Management Service Coding Practice.
Care Plan Oversight Service Coding Practice.
Preventive Medicine Coding Practice.
Newborn Care Coding Practice.
Special Evaluation and Management Service Coding Practice.
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Understanding CPT Anesthesia Coding.
Learn how to Interpret, Select, Assign, and Add Anesthesia Codes.
Learn the Guidelines. Radiology Procedures.
Hands-on coding practice on the bodies extremities.
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Understanding CPT Surgery I.  
Integumentary System. Procedures. Diseases.
Learn how to Interpret, Select, Assign, and Add Surgery I Codes.
Hands-on coding practice with surgical cases and examples.

Understanding CPT Surgery II.  
Musculoskeletal and Respiratory System.           
Respiratory System Coding.
Learn how to Interpret, Select, Assign, and Add Surgery II Codes.
Hands-on coding practice with surgical cases and examples.

Understanding CPT Surgery III.
Learn the organization, format, and content of the CPT Surgery Cardiovascular System and Hemic and Lymphatic
Systems.
Learn how to interpret CPT surgery coding notes, assign, and add the correct codes as needed per case.
Covers Vascular Catheterization, Pacemakers, Angioplasty, all the way to Carotid Stenting.
Cases with hands-on examples, applications, and coding practice.

CPT Surgery IV:  
Learn the organization, format, and content of the CPT Mediastinum and Diaphragm, Digestive System, and Urinary
System:
From Intestine, Digestive System, Mouth, Stomach, Liver, Pancreas, Urinary System, Kidney, Ureter, Bladder with
Procedures, Test, Endoscopy, Colonoscopy, Sigmoidoscopy, all the way to Cystoscopy coding.
Includes real world cases with hands-on examples, applications, and coding practice.

CPT Surgery V:  
Covers the Male Genital System
Female Genital System
Maternity Care
Endocrine System
Nervous System
Eye
Ocular, Adnexal, Auditory Systems
Learn how to Interpret CPT Surgery Coding Notes for all the listed systems.
Learn how to assign CPT Surgery Codes.
Learn how to Add CPT and HCPCS level II modifiers to appropriate codes.
Diseases, anatomy, procedures, test, with cases, examples, and coding practice.

CPT Radiology:
Covers radiology organization, format, and content for Radiology Coding.
Learn how to interpret CPT radiology coding, guidelines, and notes.
Learn how to assign CPT radiology codes.
Lean how to add CPT or HCPCS level II modifiers to codes as needed.
Includes Diagnostic Radiology Imaging, Ultrasound, Oncology, and Nuclear Medicine.
Diseases, anatomy, procedures, test, with cases, examples, and coding practice.

CPT Pathology and Laboratory  
Learn Pathology and Laboratory organization, format, and content for coding.
Learn how to interpret CPT pathology and laboratory coding, guidelines, and notes.
Learn how to assign CPT pathology and laboratory codes.
Learn how to add CPT or HCPCS level II modifiers to codes as needed.
Includes different types of test with examples and sample notes.
Diseases, anatomy, procedures, test, with cases, examples, and
hands-on coding practice.

CPT Medicine
Learn the organization, format, and content of CPT Medicine.
Learn how to interpret CPT Medicine coding, guidelines, and notes.
Learn how to assign CPT Medicine Codes.
Learn how to add CPT or HCPCS level II modifiers as needed.
Covers Immunization Vaccines, Toxoids, Injections, Infusions, Dialysis.
Gastroenterology
Ophthalmology
Cardiovascular
Pulmonary
Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
Endocrinology
Neurology and Neuromuscular Procedures.
Central Nervous System
Chemotherapy Administration
Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment.
Diseases, anatomy, procedures, test, with cases, examples, and coding practice.

Insurance and Reimbursement
Learn how to identify third party payers, authorizations, health insurance claims.
Learn how the types of Third-Party Payers.
Understanding Commercial Payers.
Government Sponsored Programs.

Understanding Health Care Reimbursement Systems.
Inpatient, Skilled Nursing, Home Health, Outpatient, Rehabilitation, Long Term Care.
Understanding the Hospital Chargemaster, Superbill, Reimbursement Systems.
HIPAA Impact on Reimbursements, Privacy Rule, PHI, and Liability.
Understanding DRG.
Understanding Explanation of Benefits.
Understanding Medicare Payment Systems and Fee Schedules.
Understand the function of a Chargemaster review.

ICD-9-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting

Evaluation and Management:

Selecting the Level of History.
Selecting the Level of Examination.
Medical Decision Making.

ICD-10-CM Diagnostic Coding for the Future
Understanding ICD-10-CM.

ICD-10-PCS

Alternative Care Coding Systems
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Prerequisite:  Medical Terminology, Anatomy, and Physiology ( for Coders) is required.
Take this class first.
Medical professionals, RNs, LPNs, my may opt out of the MTAP.  Call for qualifications.

Needed for CPC, CCS, CPC-H, CCS-P or any national certification programs.

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 Start your coding career now.......
Accurate coding is crucial to the successful operations of any health care facility or provider's office.  

You can learn it all in one program. From beginner to advance coding level in one program.
ICD-9-CM
HCPCS
CPT    

           
Needed for CCS, CPC, CCS-P, CPC-H and other certified coding exams preparation.

EVERYTHING IN ONE PROGRAM

No prior knowledge in coding is needed to take this program.
A program suitable for beginners or more experienced coders or health care providers.

Y
ou will learn coding systems used to report inpatient and outpatient diagnosis, procedures, and services.
For career opportunities and advancement.


Coding concepts and with hands-on coding practice.

Exercises and terms to assist in learning the technical vocabulary associated with coding systems.


Coding Tips and Notes. Key terms every coder should know.

Exercises to help reinforce what you have learned.


Patient Cases and Scenario Simulations are provided through out the program for real world applications
.

Coding practice that allow mastery of coding concepts.

Software that automates the ICD-9-CM, CPT, and HCPCS level II coding manuals.

Study Ware with scenario based coding cases that use multimedia to enhance coding hands-on practice.

Quick Notes are provided for easy coding reference.
Hands-on application assignments.


Anatomy and Physiology is included in sections with diseases, test, laboratory, and treatment.

Review and exam questions to help emulate credentialing  with actual patient records and a
mock Certified Professional Coder (CPC) certification examination.

For anyone needing coding practice to help with national certification preparation, coding inpatient,
outpatient, reimbursements, long-term care, diagnostic coding and reporting, outpatient services, hospital
based coding, physician based coding, diagnostic test, home health care, hospice, surgery, medicine

and more,
this is it.  Everything you need in one program
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