HITM 1230 - ICD-10-PCS Coding

3 Credit(s) 2 credits lecture/1 credit lab

This course is an introduction to the International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition, Procedure Classification System (ICD-10-PCS). The course will emphasize correct hospital inpatient procedure coding, utilizing the alphabetic index and tabular listing within the current ICD-10-PCS codebook. The course will focus on rules and conventions of ICD-10-PCS, use of the tables within the index of the codebook, as well as specific guidelines for assignment of principal and additional procedure codes in hospital inpatient settings.

Course Prerequisite(s): None