MC 285 - Advanced Coding

This course is an advanced coding course that will build upon existing CPT, ICD-10CM, ICD-10PCS, HCPCS and other medical coding knowledge. This course will advance medical coding skills and work to increase medical coding analysis and accuracy in more complicated diagnoses and procedures according to nationally established guidelines. Assess interpretation, analysis, and synthesis of the entire health information data spectrum impacted by code selection and code assignment. Semester Credit Hours: 3.00 Contact Hours: 45/0/0/45 Prerequisite: MC 280 International Classification of Diseases 10 PCS. Corequisite: None.