Apply regulatory and licensing requirements governing accurate medical coding.
Building Accurate Medical Coding Systems to Support Claims
A concise, decision-focused programme covering accurate medical coding end to end.
Course Overview
Cost pressure and quality expectations on accurate medical coding are rising at the same time. The data supporting this part of health and pharmaceutical services is usually present but rarely assembled into a decision. Participants develop a defensible line of reasoning for the choices they make about the practice within health and pharmaceutical services. The programme suits teams tackling accurate medical coding together as readily as individuals attending alone. It treats the health and pharmaceutical services discipline as an operating discipline and equips participants to run it as one. Participants apply this aspect of health and pharmaceutical services to their own clinical service throughout, so the output is directly usable. Progress on accurate medical coding is usually lost in the gap between approval and execution. Organisations that document the practice within health and pharmaceutical services properly resolve disputes about it far more quickly. Participants finish with a short, specific brief on this part of health and pharmaceutical services ready to put in front of a decision maker.
Expected Learning Outcomes
Build continuing professional development sustaining competence in accurate medical coding.
Handle the trade-offs in accurate medical coding between speed, cost and assurance explicitly rather than implicitly.
Design medication and treatment safety controls within accurate medical coding.
Design a training and briefing approach that sustains competence in accurate medical coding.
Design a process for accurate medical coding that clinical staff can follow without obstructing care.
Structure records of accurate medical coding so that they answer the questions an auditor will actually ask.
Who Should Attend
Analysts producing the data on which decisions about accurate medical coding rest.
Finance managers costing services delivered through accurate medical coding.
Accreditation and compliance officers preparing evidence on accurate medical coding.
Quality and patient safety officers monitoring accurate medical coding.
Department heads accountable for the results of accurate medical coding.
Supply chain and biomedical staff supporting accurate medical coding.
Course Modules
Accurate medical coding: clinical process design and workflow
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1What patients actually experience during accurate medical coding
- Confirm the incident reporting route for accurate medical coding is quick and non-punitive.
- Decide what will be stopped to create capacity for accurate medical coding.
- Confirm that those complying with accurate medical coding understand why it exists.
- Confirm patient data handled within accurate medical coding meets confidentiality obligations.
Session 2Consent, confidentiality and ethics in accurate medical coding
- Plan the sequence in which improvements to accurate medical coding will be introduced.
- Benchmark the organisation's accurate medical coding against comparable operations.
- Build the competence framework that supports accurate medical coding.
- Confirm that contractual obligations around accurate medical coding are understood.
Accurate medical coding: regulation, licensing and accreditation evidence
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Escalation and decision rights in accurate medical coding
- Measure patient experience of accurate medical coding and feed it back to the team.
- Reduce the variation in how accurate medical coding is carried out between teams.
- Verify six months later that changes to accurate medical coding have held.
- Arrange the handover of accurate medical coding so capability survives staff changes.
Session 2Choosing indicators for accurate medical coding that reflect outcome
- Cost accurate medical coding per episode and identify avoidable waste.
- Confirm licensing and regulatory requirements applying to accurate medical coding are met.
- Identify infection transmission risks created by accurate medical coding and control them.
- Establish who is informed, consulted and accountable in accurate medical coding.
Accurate medical coding: confidentiality, consent and ethics
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Investigating an adverse event involving accurate medical coding
- Identify the data already collected that bears on accurate medical coding.
- Audit accurate medical coding by observing practice, not by reading policy.
- Close the loop: confirm changes to accurate medical coding improved the indicator they targeted.
- Build medication safety checks into accurate medical coding at the point of highest risk.
Session 2Reading the current state of accurate medical coding honestly
- Check that consent processes within accurate medical coding are genuinely informed.
- Plan continuity of accurate medical coding during surge and outbreak conditions.
- Check that accurate medical coding still works when volumes rise unexpectedly.
- Match staffing levels on accurate medical coding to measured demand across the week.
Accurate medical coding: incident reporting, investigation and learning
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Designing accurate medical coding so it helps rather than obstructs care
- Apply structured root cause analysis to the last adverse event involving accurate medical coding.
- Review whether accurate medical coding is aligned with the objectives of the clinical service.
- Write down the assumptions underpinning the approach to accurate medical coding.
- Collect evidence on the present handling of accurate medical coding before proposing changes.
Session 2Closing out accurate medical coding and capturing what was learned
- Map the clinical workflow for accurate medical coding as it is actually performed.
- Confirm competence and continuing development for staff delivering accurate medical coding.
- Select quality indicators for accurate medical coding that measure outcome rather than activity.
- Compare the cost of accurate medical coding with the cost of its absence.
Choose the package that suits you
Silver Package
At least 3 people
- Workshop or Program Participation
- Airport Transfers
- Customized Badge
- Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
- Supervision & Secretarial Services
- Accredited Certificate of Participation
- Complete Training Kit
- Coffee Break
- Closing Ceremony
Gold Package
At least 3 people
- 5-night stay in a 5-star hotel
- Workshop or Program Participation
- Airport Transfers
- Customized Badge
- Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
- Supervision & Secretarial Services
- Accredited Certificate of Participation
- Complete Training Kit
- Coffee Break
- Closing Ceremony
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