This course reinforces learned coding skills by the coding of hospital inpatient and outpatient scenarios which combines both diagnostic coding and procedural coding, payer specific coding, Medicare/Medicaid patients using specific coding guidelines, principles and conventions. – 5 quarter credits
This course will prepare students for the CCS exam which includes multiple mock exams as well as a resource/reference list covering all domains included in the CCS Exam. – 5 quarter credits
This course provides students with approximately 50-60 hours of virtual coding as a remote coder. The practicum will include the coding of 100 hospital inpatient and outpatient electronic health records utilizing 3M encoder. Students will be provided with a mentor who will guide them through the coding process and provide feedback on coding activity. – 5 quarter credit