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MAP 155 - Medical Coding Certification Preparation

Credits: 2
Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 0
Practicum Hours: 0
Work Experience: 0
Course Type: Voc/Tech
This advanced course is designed to prepare an experienced medical coder to sit for a national certification. Students will assign CPT, ICD, and Level II (HCPC codes to a wide range of original source medical documents.
Prerequisite: MAP 150   with C or better or Instructor Approval
Competencies
  1. Incorporate Fundamental Coding Guidelines
    1. Evaluate coding as a career and identify the value of becoming certified
    2. Review ICD-CM coding formats and guidelines
    3. Examine CPT coding formats and guidelines
    4. Identify the proper use of modifiers
    5. Recall and demonstrate knowledge of anatomy and medical terminology
  2. Demonstrate Correct Coding for Evaluation /Management (E/M), Anesthesia, and Surgery
    1. Assign correct codes to evaluation and management scenarios, anesthesia, and general surgery.
    2. Apply specific guidelines and understand the rationale of the various coding formats and guidelines
  3. Demonstrate Correct Coding for Surgical Procedures on Digestive, Urinary, Male and Female Reproductive Systems, Maternity Care, Nervous System, Eyes, Ears, Adnexa, and Endocrine Stystem
    1. Apply knowledge of anatomy and medical terminology throughout the overview of Urinary Male and Female Reproductive, Nervous, and Endocrine Systems
    2. Select the proper CPT and ICD-CM codes for medical cases from the Urinary, Male and Female Reproductive, Nervous, and Endocrine Systems
    3. Apply knowledge of anatomy and medical terminology throughout the overview of Digestive, Ear, Eyes, and Adnexa Systems
       



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