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BSTEC 228 - Medical Coding 3: Adv Coding with Practicum



5.0 Credits
Advanced medical coding practice with ICD-10-CM and CPT codes for all health care settings. Health records-based coding scenarios prepare students for coding certification exams.
Prerequisite BSTEC 118 and BSTEC 218.
Course-level Learning Objectives (CLOs)
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Identify, use, and maintain electronic applications and work processes to support clinical classification and coding with proficiency.
  2. Evaluate clinical health record documentation with proficiency.
  3. Identify and assign ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes and CPT procedure codes to a variety of clinical data scenarios with proficiency.
  4. Identify, analyze, and apply current coding regulations and established guidelines in code assignment with proficiency.
  5. Validate coding accuracy using clinical health record documentation with proficiency.
  6. Resolve discrepancies between coded data and supporting documentation with proficiency.



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