Alexander Healthcare Professions Academy

Module 1: Introduction to Medical Coding
Read patient charts, identify diagnoses, use coding references

Lesson 1: Introduction to Medical Coding and Reading Clinical
Lesson 2: Preparing Your Coding Books: Tabbing, Navigation & the LEAVE IT Method
Lesson 3: How to Look Up Medical Codes Step by Step: A Beginner’s Guide
Lesson 4: Understanding the Medical Coding Workflow
Lesson 5: Understanding ICD-10-CM, CPT, and HCPCS Level II.

Module 2: Anatomy, Physiology & Medical Terminology
Interpret medical terms, body systems, and clinical documentation

Lesson 1: Medical terminology and how to decode unfamiliar terms
Lesson 2: Mastering Prefixes, Suffixes, Roots, and Combining Forms
Lesson 3: Anatomical Position, Directional Terms, and Body Planes
Lesson 4: Understanding Body Systems and Their Functions
Lesson 5: Diseases, Disorders, and Pathological Processes
Lesson 6: Diagnostic Tests, Procedures, and Clinical Abbreviations
Lesson 7: Reading Realistic Patient Records Across Body Systems
Lesson 8: Medical Terminology and Anatomy Applied Coding Lab

Module 3: Professional Medical Coding and Code Application

Lesson 1: Advanced ICD-10-CM Coding Conventions, Official Guidelines, and Diagnosis Sequencing
Lesson 2: CPT Coding Fundamentals and Codebook Navigation
Lesson 3: Evaluation & Management Coding: Foundations and Medical Decision Making
Lesson 4: Advanced E/M Coding: Time, Documentation, and Clinical Investigations
Lesson 5: Advanced E/M Coding Practicum: Complex Encounters, Documentation Audits, and CPC Case Investigations
Lesson 6: Anesthesia Coding, Surgical Guidelines, and Global Surgical Packages
Lesson 7: Radiology, Pathology, Laboratory, and Medicine CPT Coding
Lesson 8: HCPCS Level II, Modifiers, NCCI Edits, and Medical Necessity
Lesson 9: HIPAA, Coding Compliance, Documentation Integrity, and Professional Claims

Course Content

Module 1: Introduction to Medical Coding
Read patient charts, identify diagnoses, use coding references

Lesson 1: Introduction to Medical Coding and Reading Clinical

Lesson 2: Preparing Your Coding Books: Tabbing, Navigation & the LEAVE IT Method

Lesson 3: How to Look Up Medical Codes Step by Step: A Beginner’s Guide

Lesson 4: Understanding the Medical Coding Workflow

Lesson 5: Understanding ICD-10-CM, CPT, and HCPCS Level II.

Module 2: Anatomy, Physiology & Medical Terminology
Interpret medical terms, body systems, and clinical documentation

Lesson 1: Medical terminology and how to decode unfamiliar terms

Lesson 2: Mastering Prefixes, Suffixes, Roots, and Combining Forms

Lesson 3: Anatomical Position, Directional Terms, and Body Planes

Lesson 4: Understanding Body Systems and Their Functions

Lesson 5: Diseases, Disorders, and Pathological Processes

Lesson 6: Diagnostic Tests, Procedures, and Clinical Abbreviations

Lesson 7: Reading Realistic Patient Records Across Body Systems

Lesson 8: Medical Terminology and Anatomy Applied Coding Lab

Module 3: Professional Medical Coding and Code Application

Lesson 1: Advanced ICD-10-CM Coding Conventions, Official Guidelines, and Diagnosis Sequencing

Lesson 2: CPT Coding Fundamentals and Codebook Navigation

Lesson 3: Evaluation & Management Coding: Foundations and Medical Decision Making

Lesson 4: Advanced E/M Coding: Time, Documentation, and Clinical Investigations

Lesson 5: Advanced E/M Coding Practicum: Complex Encounters, Documentation Audits, and CPC Case Investigations

Lesson 6: Anesthesia Coding, Surgical Guidelines, and Global Surgical Packages

Lesson 7: Radiology, Pathology, Laboratory, and Medicine CPT Coding

Lesson 8: HCPCS Level II, Modifiers, NCCI Edits, and Medical Necessity

Lesson 9: HIPAA, Coding Compliance, Documentation Integrity, and Professional Claims

Module 4: Advanced Specialty Coding and Real-World Coding Applications

Lesson 1: Integumentary and Musculoskeletal Surgical Coding

Lesson 2: CPC Exam Strategies and Timed Case-Based Coding Challenges

Lesson 3: Urinary, Reproductive, Maternity, Endocrine, Nervous System, Eye, and Auditory Surgical Coding

Lesson 5: Advanced Multi-Specialty Coding, Complex Operative Reports, and Coding Audits

Module 5: CPC Examination Preparation and Final Competency Assessment

Lesson 1: CPC Examination Structure, Codebook Navigation, and Time Management

Lesson 3: Practice Examinations, Coding Error Analysis, and Targeted Remediation

Lesson 4: Full-Length CPC Mock Examination and Final Competency Assessment

Course Content

Module 1: Introduction to Medical Coding Read patient charts, identify diagnoses, use coding references

Lesson 1: Introduction to Medical Coding and Reading Clinical

Lesson 2: Preparing Your Coding Books: Tabbing, Navigation & the LEAVE IT Method

Lesson 3: How to Look Up Medical Codes Step by Step: A Beginner’s Guide

Lesson 4: Understanding the Medical Coding Workflow

Lesson 5: Understanding ICD-10-CM, CPT, and HCPCS Level II.

Module 2: Anatomy, Physiology & Medical Terminology Interpret medical terms, body systems, and clinical documentation

Lesson 1: Medical terminology and how to decode unfamiliar terms

Lesson 2: Mastering Prefixes, Suffixes, Roots, and Combining Forms

Lesson 3: Anatomical Position, Directional Terms, and Body Planes

Lesson 4: Understanding Body Systems and Their Functions

Lesson 5: Diseases, Disorders, and Pathological Processes

Lesson 6: Diagnostic Tests, Procedures, and Clinical Abbreviations

Lesson 7: Reading Realistic Patient Records Across Body Systems

Lesson 8: Medical Terminology and Anatomy Applied Coding Lab

Module 3: Professional Medical Coding and Code Application

Lesson 1: Advanced ICD-10-CM Coding Conventions, Official Guidelines, and Diagnosis Sequencing

Lesson 2: CPT Coding Fundamentals and Codebook Navigation

Lesson 3: Evaluation & Management Coding: Foundations and Medical Decision Making

Lesson 4: Advanced E/M Coding: Time, Documentation, and Clinical Investigations

Lesson 5: Advanced E/M Coding Practicum: Complex Encounters, Documentation Audits, and CPC Case Investigations

Lesson 6: Anesthesia Coding, Surgical Guidelines, and Global Surgical Packages

Lesson 7: Radiology, Pathology, Laboratory, and Medicine CPT Coding

Lesson 8: HCPCS Level II, Modifiers, NCCI Edits, and Medical Necessity

Lesson 9: HIPAA, Coding Compliance, Documentation Integrity, and Professional Claims

Module 4: Advanced Specialty Coding and Real-World Coding Applications

Lesson 1: Integumentary and Musculoskeletal Surgical Coding

Lesson 2: CPC Exam Strategies and Timed Case-Based Coding Challenges

Lesson 3: Urinary, Reproductive, Maternity, Endocrine, Nervous System, Eye, and Auditory Surgical Coding

Lesson 5: Advanced Multi-Specialty Coding, Complex Operative Reports, and Coding Audits

Module 5: CPC Examination Preparation and Final Competency Assessment

Lesson 1: CPC Examination Structure, Codebook Navigation, and Time Management

Lesson 3: Practice Examinations, Coding Error Analysis, and Targeted Remediation

Lesson 4: Full-Length CPC Mock Examination and Final Competency Assessment

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Module 1: Introduction to Medical Coding
Read patient charts, identify diagnoses, use coding references

Module 2: Anatomy, Physiology & Medical Terminology
Interpret medical terms, body systems, and clinical documentation