Medical Coding and Healthcare Documentation: Intermediate
Go from trainee to certified coding professional: advanced ICD 10 CM and CPT, specialty coding, inpatient PCS and DRGs, CDI, and denial management.
- Duration
- 8 weeks
- Level
- Intermediate
- Content
- 47 lessons
- 8 modules · 14 h 29 min
- Certificate
- Included
- On completion
- Access
- Fee by email
What you'll learn
Who this course is for
- Beginner level graduates ready to move into specialty and certified coding roles
- Working coders who want structured, advanced specialty coding skills
- Coding trainees preparing for AAPC CPC or AHIMA CCS certification exams
- Anyone who wants hands on experience with inpatient coding, CDI, and denial management
Skills you'll gain
This course includes
Course content
8 modules · 47 lessons · 14 h 29 min
Advanced ICD 10 CM mastery, advanced CPT and Evaluation and Management, surgical and procedural specialty coding, medical and diagnostic specialty coding, inpatient coding with ICD 10 PCS and DRGs, clinical documentation integrity, revenue cycle and denial management, and a capstone professional coding engagement.
Requirements
- Completion of the Beginner level, or working knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy, ICD 10 CM, and CPT fundamentals
- A computer with a reliable internet connection
- Comfort navigating ICD 10 CM and CPT code books or encoder tools
About this course
Level up from trainee to certified coding professional. This intermediate program from Ucanly takes practitioners with working knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy, ICD 10 CM, and CPT fundamentals into advanced, specialty level coding: complex sequencing and chapter specific ICD 10 CM guidelines, Evaluation and Management coding under current medical decision making rules, and advanced modifier and NCCI edit application. You will code across major specialties including orthopaedics, cardiology, radiology, and oncology, master inpatient coding with ICD 10 PCS and MS DRGs, and build clinical documentation integrity skills including compliant physician queries and HCC risk adjustment coding. You will also work through the revenue cycle in depth, covering claim forms, denial management, medical necessity, and OIG compliance risk. All practice records used in this program are simulated or fully de identified, and this program teaches compliant, ethical coding and documentation practice only. You will graduate having delivered a full specialty coding assignment across inpatient and outpatient records with modifier application, NCCI validation, denial analysis, and a professional audit report.
Earn a Ucanly certificate
Complete this course to earn a Ucanly certificate with its own page and QR code. Save it as a PDF, share its link, or add it to the certifications on your LinkedIn profile.
Frequently asked questions
It is recommended, but working knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy, ICD 10 CM, and CPT fundamentals is sufficient to start.
No, all practice records used in this program are simulated or fully de identified. This program teaches compliant, ethical coding and documentation practice only.
Yes, you will build ICD 10 PCS codes and learn MS DRGs, CCs, MCCs, and present on admission reporting, the core skills for inpatient coding roles.
A full specialty coding assignment across inpatient and outpatient records with ICD 10 CM, ICD 10 PCS, CPT and HCPCS, modifier application, NCCI validation, denial analysis, and a professional audit report.