HITP 1010 - Coding & Billing

Academic Division: Health Sciences
Academic Discipline: Health Information Technology

Assistant Dean: Leesa Cox, MBA, PTA

7 Credit(s)
This course is designed as a comprehensive course for the student requiring advanced information in ICD-Coding and CPT-4 coding. The student is introduced to the use of the medical record as a source document. The course continues with coding in all applicable health care areas emphasizing the application of the related skills with accuracy and completeness. This course introduces history and development of clinical vocabularies and classification systems. Principles and guidelines for using the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10-CM/PCS) to code diagnoses and procedures in a variety of settings are introduced. Disease and procedure coding is presented for selected body system conditions. Examples of patient records and exercises using coding manuals and software tools provide practice in coding and sequencing diagnoses and procedures. Application of coding principles to electronic record systems is explored. Practice using the encoder and reference software is a required component of this course. Hands-on practice using encoder software serves to reinforce coding skills and familiarizes students with a type of tool typically encountered in job settings. This course also is designed as a comprehensive course for the student requiring advanced information in CPT-4 Coding. The student is introduced to the current purposes and uses of CPT-4, applying the basic coding guidelines in evaluation and management services along with surgical and ancillary coding and is completed with practical experience coding from case studies. Students will also be exposed to the coding requirements for Medicare billing and other insurance carriers in the reimbursement process. Students will be introduced to the value of the quality coded data within a data quality improvement plan and for the prevention of fraud and abuse. Semesters Available Eve - F UG

7 Lecture Hour(s);

Standard Grading Scale
93-100 A

90 - 92 A-

87- 89 B+

83 - 86 B

80 -82 B-

77- 79 C+

73 - 76 C

70 -72 C-

67- 69 D+

63 - 66 D

60 -62 D-

00- 59 F

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