MODULE 1: The ICD - 9 Book (2-3 days)

• Introduction
• Necessary Materials
• History of Diagnostic Coding
• The ICD-9 Purpose
• Who's Responsible?
• The Superbill
• The ICD-9 Book
• Volume I: Diseases Tabular List
• Volume II: Diseases Alphabetic Index
• Volume III: Procedures Tabular LIst and Alphabetic Index
• Organization of the Procedures
• Necessity to Standardize Procedural Terminology
• The HCFA-1500 Form

MODULE 2: The ICD - 9 Diagnosis Coding (2-3 days)

• Getting Started
• ICD-10 Coding
• ICD-9 Coding
• The Primary Diagnosis
• What is a Primary Diagnosis
• ICD-9 Index Conventions and Terms
• Abbreviations
• Punctuation
• Terms and Conditions
• Cross References
• The ICD-9 Codes
• Three Digit Codes
• Fouth Digit Sub-Classification
• Fifth Digit Sub-Classification
• The Coding Process
• Basic Rules of the Coding Process
• Diagnostic Statements
• Understanding Main Terms
• Basic Steps for Using Volume II
• Answer Key - Basic Steps for Using Voume II
• Other Basic Rules for Using Volume II
• Other Basic Rules for Using Volume I
• Coding Tips
• Coding Fractures
• Fourth and Fifth Digit Coding
• Fourth Digit
• Fifth Digit
• Step-By-Step Example of 5th Digit Coding

MODULE 3: V-CODES, E-CODES and Neoplasm (2-3 days)

• The Official Coding Guidelines
• General Rules
• Etiology and Manifestation of Disease
• Coding Other Specific Condidions
• Morphology Codes (M8000/0 to M9970/1)
• The Neoplasm Table
• What is an E-Code? (E800-E999)
• Using the E-Code Index
• E-Code Categories
• Billing with E-Codes
• What is a V-Code (V01-V82)
• Reviewing the V-Code Categories
• Hypertensive Disease Table
• The Neoplasms
• Lesions
• E-codes
• E-Codes - The Table of Drugs and Chemicals
• V-Codes
• Coding an V-Code Procedure
• Locating V-Code's Procedures
• V-Codes as a Primary Diagnosis?
• V-Codes Indicator Table
• The Hypertension Table
• Late Effects Codes
• Coding Burns
• Rule of Nines

MODULE 4: CPT Coding Introduction (2-3 days)

• Current Procedural Terminology Coding
• Necessary Materials
• History of Procedural Coding
• What are CPT Codes?
• HCPCS Coding System
• The CPT Coding Guide
• The CPT Coding Book
• Reviewing Your CPT Guide
• The CPT Guide Format
• The CPT Symbols and Conventions
• STOP! Before moving on to the next symbol, some important information
• Back to the Symbols
• Explanation of the Secondary Statements
• 'Symbol' for Surgery Procedures
• More 'Symbols' for Surgery
• The CPT Conventions
• Divisions of the CPT Sections
• Lets Take a Closer Look
• What are Guidelines?
• Stand Alone and Indented Codes
• What is a Modifier?
• CPT Coding Guide Appendicies
• Reviewing the CPT Book
• The CPT Sections
• CPT Symbols
• CPT Conventions

MODULE 5: Coding Structures (2-3 days)

• Coding Structures of The CPT Manual
• The CPT Code
• The CPT 'Special Circumstances'
• The CPT Index
• Practice Using the Index
• Index Code Ranges
• Index Conventions
• Main Terms/Qualifying Descriptions
• Recognizing a Main Term
• CPT Guide - Indented Terms - Index
• CPT Guide - Indented Terms - Main Section
• The CPT Coding System
• Special Circumstances - Unlisted Procedures
• CPT Notes and Guidelines
• Reviewing the CPT Book
• CPT Symbols Review
• The CPT Index Review
• Index Code Ranges
• Index Conventions
• CPT Main Section Review
• Main Terms/Qualifying Descriptions

MODULE 6: Coding a Surgery (2-3 days)

• Coding a Surgery
• The Surgery Section
• Defining the 17 Surgery Sections
• Defining the Subsection Sections
• Global Surgical Packages
• Starred Procedures (or Asterisk Procedures)
• Seperate Procedure Information
• Seperate Procedure Information
• Follow-up Care
• Add-on Codes (+)
• Surgical Terms and Coding a Surgery
• The Surgery Section Guidelines
• The Surgery Section Subsections
• Defining Surgical Groups
• Defining Follow-up Care
• Defining Add-on Codes
• Coding Surgeries-Operative Reports
• Example 1: Hospital Operative Report
• Example 2: Hospital Outpatient Operative Reports
• Coding - Patients Chart Notes

MODULE 7: Coding, Evaluation & Management Services (2-3 days)

• What are Evaluation and Management Codes?
• The CPT Evaluation and Management Section
• The Evalutaion and Management Format
• The E&M Commonly Used Terms
• Code Assignement Factors
• The Levels of E&M Services
• E&M Services Key Components
• Contributing Factors
• The E&M Section Format
• Basic Steps for Selection E&M Codes

MODULE 8: Modifiers, HCPCS, and Medicine Codes (2-3 days)

• Modifiers, HCPCS, and Medicine Codes
• Ways to Report Modifiers
• Modifier Appendix
• Modifier and the Section Guidelines
• Coding with Modifiers
• Surgical Modifiers
• Special Note: Modifier -51
• Modifier Descriptions and Groups
• Why are Modifiers Useful?
• Modifiers -26 (Professional Components)
• What are HCPCS Codes?
• HCPCS Code Format
• Useful Information
• HCPCS Level I Codes - CPT Codes
• HCPCS Level II Codes - National Codes
• HCPCS Level III Codes - Local Codes
• HCPCS Level II - 23 Divisions
• Rules of Coding with HCPCS Codes
• Modifiers
• Psychiatry and Biofeedback
• Ophthalmology
• Dialysis (ESRD)
• Cadiovascular
• Allergy Immunology
• What is a Modifier?
• Modifier Appendix
• Coding with Modifiers
• Coding with HCPCS
• Medicine Codes

MODULE 9: Coding Radiology and Pathology (2-3 days)

• Introduction
• Radiology Coding 70000 Through 79999
• Radiology Terms
• Radiology Planes
• Radiology Subsections
• Radiology Guidelines
• Exactly What is Supervision and Interpretation?
• Let's Look at One Together
• Important Note
• Diagnostic Radiology
• Diagnostic Ultrasound
• Radiation Oncology
• Nuclear Medicine
• What is Pathology?
• Pathology Subsections
• Collection of Specimen
• Organ or Disease Oriented Panels
• Drug Testing & Therepeutic Drug Assays
• Clinical Patholgoy Consultants
• Urinalysis and Chemistry
• Hematology and Coagulatoin
• Surgical Pathology
• Surgical Pathology Levels
• Radiology
• Radiology Terms
• Radiology Planes
• Radiology Components
• Supervision, Interpretation and Contrast Materials
• Pathology
• Collection of Specimen
• Drug Testing & Therapeutic Drug Assays
• Surgical Pathology

MODULE 10: Coding Anesthesia Services (2-3 days)

• Introduction
• Anesthesia Services
• Reporting Basic Anesthesia Services
• Anesthesia IA Section Format
• The Relative Value Guide (RVG)
• Practice 'A' - Anesthesia Time
• Qualifying Circumstances - codes and values
• Summing it All Up!

Appendix I - Miscellaneous Resources

APPENDIX II - Extra CPT Exercises

APPENDIX III - Extra ICD - 9 Exercises

APPENDIX IV - Glossary of Terms