Introduction to Medical Coding
Course Description
Medical coding is the transformation of healthcare diagnosis, procedures, medical services and equipment into universal medical alphanumeric codes
This course/ module is valid for 6 months. E- certificate can be downloaded once the student completes the course
Who should apply?
- MBBS/BHMS/BAMS/BPT/MPT/BDS/BMLT/Bachelor in Naturopathy & Veterinary Science /MD/MS.
- Graduate/Postgraduate degree in Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences.
- Graduate/Postgraduate degree in Life Sciences (Botany, Zoology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Genetics, Biotechnology).
- Graduate/Postgraduate degree in Chemistry/Biostatistics/Bioinformatics.
- Graduate or equivalent degree in Nursing/Allied Health.
- Students in their final year of graduation for the above courses may also apply.
What you will learn in this course
Medical coding training in this program will help the life science and health science graduates to learn the Coding Principles, explore the hierarchical structure of MedDRA terms, understand how terms are organized into System Organ Classes (SOCs), High-Level Terms (HLTs), and Preferred Terms (PTs), and learn the principles and guidelines for coding adverse events, medical history, and concomitant medications.
Structure of Course Delivery
The entire course of medical coding classes are available online. It consists of several in-depth lectures delivered by a subject matter expert, appropriately supported by slides, images, and interactive materials where necessary. The delivery has a tremendous degree of versatility. A class may be paused to allow you to take notes and refer to your textbooks (not provided). If you already know a certain part of the lecture, you can rewind it to hear it again or skip a slide or two. You are free to go back over a section at a later time if you need to review it before your assessment. Online medical coding courses with certificates promotes in whatever order you choose, even though our curriculum may prescribe otherwise.
Benefits
Many of our students felt that the way this medical coding course is taught has made it easier for them to keep up with the intense lectures in real class - it's like having a TV remote in class to self-pace your teacher.
Visuals in the presentations aid in better comprehension by making topics easier to learn and more difficult to forget!
Chapters
This program will provide the students with an opportunity to work with various MNCs.
Students can get engaged in different profiles like
- Medical Coder
- Clinical Coder
- Medical Coding Auditor
- Medical Records Coordinator
- Healthcare Data Analyst
- Compliance Specialist (Healthcare)
- Educator/Trainer in Medical Coding