College of Allied Health

Course Syllabus

HIM271 - ICD-10-PCS Coding

4 Credit Hours

Course Description

This course provides instruction in the use of the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Procedure Coding System, ICD-10-PCS. The students learn how to code procedures using the ICD-10-PCS coding system. They also learn to use the ICD-10-PCS Official Guidelines and practice assigning codes for general and multi-specialty procedures.

Course Prerequisites

None

Required Text(s) and Resources

• Kuehn, L., Jorwic, T. M. (2023). ICD-10: An applied approach. AHIMA Press. ISBN: 9781584268826
• ICD-10-PCS 2024 The Complete Official Codebook, AHIMA, ISBN:9781584269496

Student Learning Outcomes

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

• Discuss the background and design of the ICD-10-PCS Code Set
• Identify the organization and structure of the ICD-10-PCS Code set
• Identify and apply the ICD-10-PCS coding guidelines
• Define root operations as designated in the ICD-10-PCS code set and use correctly to assign ICD-10-PCS codes
• Analyze medical documentation to build ICD-10-PCS codes for multiple body systems

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.

Grading Criteria

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