- Type Learning
- Level Advanced
- Time Months
- Cost Paid
Hospital Inpatient Coding and Quality Improvement
Issued by
SUNY Broome Community College
Students learn advanced coding, basic quality-improvement skills, how to recognize disease signs/symptoms, determine principal diagnosis, identify commonly-prescribed drugs, code diagnoses and procedures; compute diagnostic-related groupings, perform quality-assessment audits, and analyze/display findings. This is the third in a series of three microcredentials building the knowledge required for the American Academy of Professional Coders’ Certified Professional Coder exam.
- Type Learning
- Level Advanced
- Time Months
- Cost Paid
Skills
- Diagnosis Codes
- DRG (Diagnosis-Related Group) Assignment
- identify commonly-prescribed drugs
- Quality Assessment
- recognize signs and symptoms of disease
Earning Criteria
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Earn a final grade of “satisfactory” in HIT 205, ICD-10-PCS-Coding
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Earn a final grade of C or better in HIT 240, Pathophysiology and Pharmacology
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Earn a final grade of C or better in HIT 236, Quality Improvement• Determine