This continuing education course is designed to help train hospital and other facility healthcare professionals in understanding the organization and structure of ICD-10-PCS (procedure) inpatient coding. It compares ICD-9, with ICD-10 procedure codes and teaching how to “cross-walk” from the ICD-9 to the ICD-10 PCS codes using the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS). It provides case coding, explaining the changes between the two procedure coding conventions and guidelines. It also trains in the application of ICD-10 PCS coding.
