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 ICD-10 Overview: Mortality Reporting

This is a self-paced, four-week online course. It is for coders, educators and others interested in learning about the worldwide statistical uses of ICD-10 (International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision), a classification owned and published by the World Health Organization (WHO). Effective with deaths occurring in 1999, the U.S. began using ICD-10 to code and classify mortality data from death certificates. While this implementation was a multifaceted task, it was recognized as important to ensure the international comparability of health statistics.

The purpose of this course is to familiarize the student with ICD-10, its organization, structure, and coding guidelines, the professionals who assign ICD-10 codes, and how the coded information is used at national and international levels.

Another AHIMA course, ICD-10-CM Overview: Deciphering the Code, focuses on the related classification which is currently under development: International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification. The ICD-10-CM will be based on the ICD-10 but will provide for additional morbidity detail and will be updated annually.

Prerequisites:
None, although basic knowledge of ICD is recommended
Textbook: None required. All course material presented online
Credits:    An AHIMA Certificate of Completion and 4 CEUs will be awarded upon successful completion of the course.
Classes Begins: When payment is received and processed*
Class Access Period: Students have access to the courses for 4 weeks. The average completion time is approximately 4 to 6 hours.
Price Schedule: $150.00 AHIMA Members; $180.00 Nonmembers

*Enrollment Schedule

If you are paying by credit card, you will be granted immediate access to the course. If you are paying by check or purchase order, you will be enrolled as soon as you have registered online, and we have received and processed your payment.

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

  • Understand how ICD-10 was developed and implemented and how it is maintained
  • State the uses of ICD-10 codes at a national and international level
  • Name the desired qualifications and characteristics of professionals who assign ICD-10 codes
  • Understand the organization of ICD-10
  • Identify ICD-10 coding conventions
  • Define the role of the WHO Subgroup on Training and Credentialing and their plans for training and credentialing

Key Points

  • Development, implementation and maintenance issues
  • Structure, conventions and guidelines
  • Job roles, responsibilities and requirements
  • International standardized training and credentialing program
  • International mortality statistics
  • National mortality statistics

Registration

ICD-10 Overview: Mortality Reporting
  
 

$150.00 AHIMA members
$180.00 nonmembers
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