HINM 165 - ICD-10 Coding

• Summarize the historical development and disease classification and nomenclature, classification, nosology, morbidity and mortality.
• List the organizations involved in the development, maintenance and publishing of ICD.
• Demonstrate understanding of the Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS) by: recognizing the fourteen data elements; selecting the appropriate principal diagnosis and principal procedure for all types of patient encounters.
• Show understanding of ICD-10-CM format and conventions by applying: the maximum number of digits in category and subcategory codes; defining the systems, symbols, punctuation marks, uniform abbreviations, instructional terms and related terms.
• Identify the classification procedure for coding of symptoms.
• Illustrate understanding of ICD-10-CM basic principles for diagnoses by applying: the method by which diagnosis codes are located; appropriate level of specificity, principle regarding suspected, ruled out, rule out or questionable conditions; principles followed for multiple coding and principle for “code also underlying disease.”
• Identify appropriate codes for HIV/AIDS disease based on current approved guidelines; select correct causative organisms.
• Summarize understanding of substance abuse and mental disorder coding principles by recognizing differences between substance abuse
• Show understanding of coding principles related to respiratory system: determining appropriate use of codes for COPD, asthma, bronchitis, respiratory failure, CHF and pulmonary edema in specific situations.
• Demonstrate understanding of ICD-10-CM basic principles for procedures by applying the principle for multiple coding; applying the method by which procedure codes are located for eponym, lesions and foreign bodies; recognizing when procedures do not require codes in approach and closure; recognizing when a surgical procedure is not completed or canceled and applying the appropriate code.
• Apply understanding of coding principals related to the circulatory system by: distinguishing between rheumatic vs. non-rheumatic heart disease codes; distinguishing between different levels of hypertension and relationship to cardiovascular and renal disease.
• Show understanding of coding neoplasms by stating or applying how neoplasms are located in the classification system
• Demonstrate understanding of coding principles related to trauma by: recognizing an open vs. Closed vs. Pathological fracture and assigning appropriate code; appropriate degree of burn codes and determining the extent of body involvement; distinguishing between a non-mechanical and a mechanical complication to a prosthetic device of implant
• Apply understanding of coding principles covering adverse effects and poisoning; recognizing the differences between a poisoning and an adverse effect; recognizing a late effect.
• Identify coding principles related to obstetrics:
• Summarize coding principles related to newborns.

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