HIM 231 - CPT Coding

3.00 credits

This course expands on the understanding of coding and classification systems, particularly CPT and HCPCS, in order to assign valid procedure codes. Students will analyze current regulations and established guidelines in clinical classification systems; determine the procedures that require; interpret conventions, formats, instructional notations, tables, and definitions of the classification system and/or nomenclature to select diagnoses, conditions, problems or other reasons for the encounter that require coding, and determine the sequence of diagnoses and procedures.