Our online program offers you a comprehensive training in diagnostic and procedural coding. The course will highlight the key changes in ICD-10. Learners will be able to translate their knowledge of ICD-9 to the new version of the classification system using ICD-10-CM (diagnostic) and ICD-10-PCS (procedural) coding manuals. During the program we will be focusing on following points for our students.

•  Understanding basic ICD-10 coding guidelines and conventions.
•  Understanding ICD-10-CM chapter-specific guidelines.
•  Enhancing medical terminologies, anatomy, physiology and clinical terms according to the
• chapter specific guidelines.
•  Understanding the details needed to step from ICD-9 to ICD-10.
•  Practicing sample questions for diagnoses and procedures on body system to test ICD-10
• knowledge and understanding.

Course Outline:

The course will include covering ICD -10 Introduction class in the beginning and then chapter specific guideline classes thoroughly covering coding the body systems.

Chapter Specific Body Systems:

• Chapter 1 – Infectious & Parasitic Diseases
• Chapter 2 – Neoplasms
• Chapter 3 – Diseases of the Blood
• Chapter 4 – Endocrine, Nutrition and Metabolic
• Chapter 5 – Mental and Behavioral Disorders
• Chapter 6 – Diseases of the Nervous System
• Chapter 7 – Diseases of the Eye and Adnexal
• Chapter 8 – Diseases of the Ear and Mastoid
• Chapter 9 – Diseases of the Circulatory System
• Chapter 10 – Diseases of the Respiratory System
• Chapter 11 – Diseases of the Digestive System
• Chapter 12 – Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissues
• Chapter 13 – Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue
• Chapter 14 – Diseases of the Genitourinary System
• Chapter 15 – Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium
• Chapter 16 – Certain Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period
• Chapter 17 – Congenital Malformations, Deformations and Chromosomal Abnormalities
• Chapter 18 – Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings
• Chapter 19 – Injury, Poisoning and Certain other Consequences of External Causes Complications
• Chapter 20 – External Causes of Morbidity
• Chapter 21 – Factors Influencing Health Status
• Course Duration: 8 weeks.