Medical Coding and Billing 9

The ICD is currently the most widely used statistical classification system for diseases in the world.

ICD-9-CM is an adaption created by the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and used in assigning diagnostic and procedure codes associated with inpatient, outpatient, and physician office utilization in the United States. The ICD-9-CM is based on the ICD-9, but provides for additional morbidity detail.

About our online training course

This Medical Coding and Billing IDC-9 online training course will lay the groundwork of your healthcare data pathway and equip you with the skills necessary to succeed in coding within the healthcare industry. Healthcare is an intricate domain due to its ever changing and complex processes related to health management, treatments, etc. We’ll investigate all aspects of this field so that we can recognize how valuable -and increasingly sought-after- medical coding is!

The ICD is currently the most widely used statistical classification system for diseases in the world. ICD-9-CM is an adaption created by the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and used in assigning diagnostic and procedure codes associated with inpatient, outpatient, and physician office utilization in the United States.

The ICD-9-CM is based on the ICD-9, but provides for additional morbidity detail.

About ICD-9

For more than a century, the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) has been relied upon to accurately track global diseases and deaths. Initially created by the International Statistical Institute in 1893 as the International List of Causes of Death, ICD has since undergone numerous developments and remains one of the most prominent disease surveillance systems utilized today. The adaptation of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) ICD-9-CM code set was approved in the US back in 1979 and has since been consistently updated. This system is meticulously monitored to ensure that it meets up with provider, payer, and other key stakeholder needs at least once every year. In 2015, the ICD-10 coding system replaced ICD-9 and this upgraded version contains significantly more codes than its predecessor which makes this transition even more important for our overall health care industry.

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Medical Coding and Billing ICD-9 Course Outline

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