HIT 124 - ICD-10-CM/PCS Coding Principles and Practices

(4 credits)

45 lecture hours; 30 lab hours
Prerequisites: AHP 130; AHP 230; AHP 135; BIO 203
Corequisites: HIT 124L
Lab fee
This course offers an orientation to the ICD-10-CM/PCS Coding Principles and Practice. Coding practices used in hospitals, long-term facilities, and physicians’ offices are reviewed. The laboratory provides experience in using the patient’s record to code. Medical, surgical, obstetrical, newborn, psychiatric, ambulatory surgery, and emergency room records are utilized.