STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

 1. Apply intermediate understanding of purpose, organization, structure and application of ICD in health care.

 2. Apply key principles and sequencing in accordance with the official coding guidelines.

 3. Apply the guidelines of the Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set as it relates to facility reporting.

 4. Evaluate case scenario documentation identifying diagnoses, tests, treatment modalities and procedures and apply ICD codes as appropriate.

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 

 I. ICD Conventions and Guidelines

 II. Certain Infectious and Parasitic Diseases

 III. Neoplasms

 IV. Diseases of the Blood and Blood-forming Organs

 V. Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

 VI. Mental, Behavioral, and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

 VII. Diseases of the Nervous System

 VIII. Diseases of the Eye and Adnexa

 IX. Diseases of the Ear and Mastoid Process

 X. Diseases of the Circulatory System

 XI. Diseases of the Respiratory System

 XII. Diseases of the Digestive System

 XIII. Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue

 XIV. Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue

 XV. Diseases of the Genitourinary System

 XVI. Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium

 XVII. Certain Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period

 XVIII. Congenital Malformations, Deformations and Chromosomal Abnormalities

 XIX. Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings

 XX. Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes

 XXI. External Causes of Morbidity