Course Details
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Duration: 45 Days
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Languages: English, Tamil
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Batches: Weekdays, Weekends - ONLINE/OFFLINE
About Course
Outpatient ambulatory coder jobs are trending faster than ever before. As physicians move away from private practices and join hospital groups, career opportunities in outpatient facilities, such as ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) or hospital outpatient billing and coding departments, are opening for coders. The Certified Outpatient Coder (COC), formerly CPC-H®, exam validates your specialized payment knowledge needed for these jobs in addition to your CPT, ICD-10, and HCPCS Level II coding skills. Invest in your future with the COC medical coding credential.
Key Features
Course Objecive
By the end of Thought flows training in COC, you will be able to :
Expertise in reviewing and assigning accurate medical codes for diagnoses, procedures, and services performed by physicians and other qualified healthcare providers in the office or facility setting (eg, inpatient hospital).
Expertise in assigning accurate ICD-10 medical codes for diagnoses and procedures performed in the inpatient setting.
Proficiency across a wide range of services, including evaluation and management, anesthesia, surgery, radiology, pathology, and medicine.
A sound knowledge of medical coding guidelines and regulations including compliance and reimbursement – allowing a COC to better handle issues such as medical necessity, claims denials, bundling issues, and charge capture.
Understanding of how to integrate medical coding and payment policy changes into a practice’s reimbursement processes Knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and medical terminology necessary to correctly code provider diagnosis and services.