Upon completion of this course, students are expected to know the following:

• Explain coding career opportunities and the coding credentialing process.
• Identify professional organizations and describe the benefits of membership.
• Clarify student responsibilities during a coding internship.
• Explain the organization of the ICD-9-CM Tabular List of Diseases, Index to Diseases, and Tabular List of Procedures and Index to Procedures.
• List and describe the guidelines for coding and reporting, using ICD-9-CM.
• Interpret ICD-9-CM guidelines for coding and reporting
• Apply guidelines for coding and reporting when assigning ICD-9-CM codes.
• List and Explain ICD-9-CM coding conventions.
• Identify ICD-9-CM coding conventions as they apply to patient cases.
• Interpret ICD-9-CM coding conventions to assign codes accurately.
• Explain HIPAA's impact on the adherence to ICD-9-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting.
• Apply general ICD-9-CM coding guidelines when assigning codes to diagnoses and procedures.
• Apply chapter-specific ICD-9-CM coding guidelines when assigning codes to diagnoses.
• List and explain differences among inpatient health care settings.
• Interpret inpatient diagnosis and procedure coding and reporting guidelines.
• Interpret long-term care facility (LTCF) diagnosis coding and reporting guidelines.
• Assign ICD-9-CM diagnosis and/or procedure codes for inpatient care.
• Assign ICD-9-CM diagnosis and/or procedure codes for inpatient care.
• Interpret outpatient diagnosis coding and reporting guidelines.
• Assign ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes for outpatient care.

Linkage of Course to Educational Program Mission Outcomes.

MISSION - This course is to provide employment-related knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in a chosen field of study.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES - Students who complete programs in occupational areas are expected to demonstrate that they:

Know
• The subject matter appropriate to the emphasis of the degree.

Are Able To
• Acquire skills and perform tasks necessary for employment or career enhancement.
• Present themselves effectively to a potential employer.
• Demonstrate effective communication skills appropriate resources to remain current in the chosen occupational field.

Have Developed
• An appreciation of the importance of social, ethical, legal and diversity issues.