Description
This course overviews of Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, and managed care verification and benefits are presented. Pre-authorization, referral procedures, and medical record documentation will be practiced. This course includes an introduction to the basics of diagnostic and procedure coding and presents students with the characteristics and conventions of International Classification of Disease (ICD)-9-CM, ICD-10-Clinical Modification (CM), Current Procedural Terminology (CPT)-4, and Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) coding.