College of Allied Health

Course Syllabus

HIM142 - ICD-10-CM Coding I

4 Credit Hours

Course Description

This course focuses on the processes for clinical coding. Students learn to accurately code clinical data using ICD-10-CM.

Course Prerequisites

None

Required Text(s) and Resources

• Green, M. (2021). 3-2-1 Code It! 10th Edition. ISBN: 9780357621226
• ICD-10-CM 2021 The Complete Official Codebook, AMA. 978-1640161559

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Explain ICD-10-CM coding guidelines
• Accurately assign ICD-10-CM codes for:
  • External Causes codes and Z codes
  • Signs and symptoms for inpatient hospital charts
  • Pregnancies
  • Infectious diseases
  • Mental disorders
  • Circulatory disorders
  • Neoplasms

Assessment of Outcomes

Specified on the course schedule/outline

Grading System

For more details about the Grading System, please see the current catalog.

Active Participation

Students must be actively engaged in the course. For a definition of active engagement, please see the current catalog.

Academic Integrity

Cheating and plagiarism are serious offenses against the University’s academic integrity and are consequently strictly prohibited. All students must familiarize themselves with the University policy on Academic Integrity.

Penalties for cheating and plagiarism are described in the University policy on Academic Integrity in the catalog. They include failure of the assignment, failure for the course, or dismissal from the University. For the complete Cheating/Plagiarism policy, please see the current catalog.

Students with Disabilities

Students who have disabilities that may impact their performance in this course should follow the process described under the heading Accommodations for the Disabled in the current catalog.

Discipline (Program) - Specific Information

None

Course Schedule

All courses in the HIM Program have a ten-day assignment cycle. Each week’s work is made available Friday at 5 p.m. and remains available for ten days. The weekly assignments and discussions are due on the Sunday night of the week following the week they were made available, ten days later. For example, if the weekly assignments are made available at 5 p.m. on Friday, January 8, the completed assignments are due at midnight on Sunday, January 17.

Note these two exceptions: Week 1 when the week's work is open from the first day of the quarter at 8 a.m. to Sunday at 11:55 p.m. and the last week when the final exam is available from Monday at 8 a.m. until Thursday at 11:55 p.m. All times listed are EST/EDT.

This course requires a minimum of 70% (C) or higher for successful completion.

NOTE: Textbook and Workbook Drop Box Assignment Instructions. Complete all assignments by creating a Word document and submitting it to the appropriate drop box. Label each exercise and questions. IF the instructions state "underline a term", you may either type the question in the Word document and underline the term, or use the following format:

Exercise 1.1
1. Main term:
Code:
Assignments will receive a zero grade if the exercises are not labeled and numbered as described above.

Grading Criteria

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