CIC – Certified Inpatient Coder Course
(CIC) Course Objectives:
Gain knowledge about different hospital facilities, including general hospitals, teaching hospitals, critical access hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, and outpatient departments, along with their roles and functions.
Explore documentation and coding standards essential for accurate medical record-keeping and compliance in healthcare facilities.
Apply coding guidelines and standards when assigning diagnoses and procedure codes to ensure accuracy and consistency.
Learn the official ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS coding criteria for classifying diseases and medical procedures.
Understand the Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS) and its requirements for standardized inpatient reporting.
Develop the ability to code a variety of patient services using ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS coding guidelines.
Master the process of coding operative notes by analyzing surgical documentation and applying the correct procedural codes
(CIC) Course Overview:
- → Inpatient Facilities and Related Hospital Departments
- → Anatomy and Medical Terminology Pharmacology
- → Inpatient Documentation and Coding
- → Inpatient Diagnosis Coding – General Guidelines
- → ICD-10-PCS Procedure Coding
- → CMS and Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems
- → Outpatient Prospective Payment Systems
- → Regulatory and Payer Requirements
- → Business in the Facility
- → Compliance in the Facility
- → Inpatient Coding Cases
