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Certified Outpatient Coder (COC)

The need for outpatient Coders continues as there is a constant need at the Physician’s office and private practices.

An Outpatient Coder certification demonstrates your mastery of outpatient hospital coding, including working knowledge of ambulatory services, payment status indicators, severity-diagnosis-related groups (MS-DRGs).

Coders who earn their COC credential work at outpatient services in a variety of settings, such as:

• Hospital emergency departments
• Outpatient hospital clinics
• Outpatient therapy departments
• Outpatient cancer centers
• Dialysis services
• Outpatient radiology departments
• Ambulatory surgery centers

Understand outpatient facilities and their departments including outpatient services at hospitals, teaching hospitals, critical access hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), and comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facilities
• Navigate the business side of hospital outpatient services and ASCs
• Differentiate between inpatient and outpatient services and payment services (IPPS and OPPS)
• Understand the difference between MS-DRGs and APC assignments, and how those services are reported
• Review critical pieces in the billing and revenue cycle management process
• Develop an understanding of compliance in the outpatient hospital facility
• Discuss documentation and coding standards for outpatient facilities
• Code a wide variety of patient services using CPT® , HCPCS Level II, and ICD-10-CM coding guidelines and code sets
• Apply coding and conventions when assigning diagnoses and procedure codes
• Understand how clinic and ED visits and other evaluation and management services are reported in the facility setting
• Understand how modifiers are used in the outpatient facility setting
• Develop an understanding of how to code operative notes in the facility and how to code a wide variety of cases for the outpatient setting.

Course Content:

• Outpatient Hospital Facilities and Departments
• Business in the Facility
• CMS Payment Systems (OPPS, DRG, IPPS, Revenue Codes) Overview
• Facility Billing
• Compliance in the Outpatient Facility
• Documentation and Coding Standards
• Anatomy and Medical Terminology
• Introduction to ICD-10-CM Coding
• ICD-10-CM Coding Guidelines
• Introduction to CPT® , HCPCS Level II, Surgery Guidelines, and Modifiers for Facilities
• Evaluation and Management Services for Facilities
• Integumentary System
•  Musculoskeletal System
• Respiratory, Hemic, and Lymphatic Systems
• Cardiovascular System
• Digestive System
• Urinary System 
• Endocrine and Nervous Systems
• Eye, Ocular Adnexa, and Auditory Systems
•  Radiology
• Pathology and Laboratory
• Medicine
• Outpatient Prospective Payment System
• Overview with an introduction to ICD-10-PCS 

تحديث بتاريخ 03 October, 2024