MCOD 215 - Health Information Services Coding

Institution:

Connecticut State Community College Manchester

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Description:

This final course in coding focuses on the coding of inpatient hospital procedures. Students will continue to work with ICD-9 and CPT codes, and will become familiar with the HCPCS codes needed for hospital reimbursement. The course will teach students how to accurately sequence diagnoses and procedures to determine co-morbid and complicating diagnoses found in the various fields of medicine. Students will learn to abstract and code using actual patient charts. Particular attention will be paid to Medicare compliance. The use of encoders (software pkgs.) to facilitate coding will be explained. Pre-requisites: MCOD110, BIOL112. GPA of 2.0 is required to pass course.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.mcc.commnet.edu/

Phone Number:

(860) 512-3000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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