AHBC 220 - Advanced Coding

Institution:

Yakima Valley Community College

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Description:

3 credits quarters: W The study of CPT, ICD-9-CM (including Volume 3), and HCPS coding principles in physician's offices as well as outpatient and inpatient hospital settings. Students will be coding from source documents (operative reports and patient medical records). Implications of Diagnostic Related Groupings (DRG) and Ambulatory Patient Groups (APG) and their relationships to coding assignment and reimbursement will be studied. Students apply theoretical concepts to solving problems in coding situations. Prerequisite: AHBC 101, 102, 121, 122, 131, and 132 or permission of instructor

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.yvcc.edu

Phone Number:

(509) 574-4600

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Quarter

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