CPT/HCPCS Coding

This online course prepares students for the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) coding accreditation examinations, as well as the American Health Information Management Associate (AHIMA) coding accreditation examinations. Students will learn how to read and interpret clinical documentation, apply coding guidelines and use their medical knowledge to assign CPT codes appropriately.
Note: This course is intended for individuals pursuing the Medical Coding Certificate Program and requires previous Coding knowledge in order to enroll.

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

• Navigate the CPT codebook and identify the uses of the conventions, index, numeric section, and appendices.
• Recognize modifiers that can be appended to CPT procedure codes, as well as identify when their use is appropriate.
• Calculate and assign CPT Evaluation and Management codes.
• Identify the meaning and purposes of procedural code audits and how to apply them.
• Apply the guidelines for the six main sections of the CPT.
• Assign codes from each of the six main sections of the CPT.
• Identify the uses of CPT Category II and Category III codes.
• Navigate the HCPCS Level II codebook and apply its contents, including the conventions, index, tabular list, levels of use, Table of Drugs and Biologicals, and appendices.
• Describe the use of coding guidelines and reporting requirements.
• Practice case studies and more complex code assignments using CPT and HCPCS Level II codes.
• Review examples of RBRVS, APCs, ASCs, and E/M services.

Other Credits: 4 units, BRN: 40 hours of relicensure credit

Course Number: MEDC-40020
Credit: 4.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Medical Coding

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3/25/2024 - 6/14/2024

$695

Online

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• SECTION ID:

  180600

• CLASS TYPE:

  Online Asynchronous.
  
  This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
  You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Ciccone, Jessica, Seasoned HIM professional and RHIA with more than 10 years of experience in the healthcare industry.

  Ms. Jessica Ciccone is a seasoned health information management (HIM) professional with more than 10 years of experience in the healthcare industry. She began her career as an accounts specialist for Scripps Healthcare before moving into provider credentialing, healthcare human resources management and revenue cycle management with Vericare in 2005.  During her time with Vericare, Ms. Ciccone led the company’s NPI structure development, and was actively involved in the development of Vericare’s personnel management workflow. Ms. Ciccone went on to obtain her master’s degree in business administration and later obtained a master’s level certification in health information management from the University of Illinois, Chicago.  In 2012, Ms. Cicc...Read More

• TEXTBOOKS:

  REQUIRED

  Understanding Current Procedural Terminology & HCPCS Coding Systems 2023 1st
  by Mary Jo Bowie, MS,BS,AAS,RHIA,RHIT
  ISBN / ASIN: 9780357764305

  CPT2023 Professional Edition 1st
  by AMA American Medical Association
  ISBN / ASIN: 9781640162136

  You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.

• POLICIES:

  No refunds after: 3/28/2024.
  

• NOTE:

• DATE & LOCATION:

  3/25/2024 - 6/14/2024
  extensioncanvas.ucsd.edu
  You will have access to your course materials on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.