Medical Coding CPC (Certified Professional Coder) Training

Discover the foundations of anatomy and physiology, learn anatomical positions, directional terms, planes, body cavities, and how combining forms, prefixes, and suffixes build medical terminology for CPC coding.

Explore dermatology basics: anatomy of the skin, including epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis, plus accessory organs, highlighting structure, function, and how layers protect, sense, insulate, and produce vitamin d.

Explore ophthalmology, the study of the eye and its refractive errors. Learn eye anatomy: cornea, iris, pupil, lens, retina, macula; and common conditions like cataract and glaucoma.

Master anatomy and physiology with practice questions on body positions, planes, and key terms like supine, midsagittal, ventral, dorsal, bradycardia, lipoma, SLE, and herpes simplex virus type 1.

Explore the respiratory system from nasal cavity to alveoli, covering structure, breathing mechanics, gas exchange, and common pulmonology diseases and diagnostic procedures.

Delve into the respiratory system—trachea, lungs, diaphragm, and alveoli—explaining inhalation, gas exchange, and common conditions like ARDS, bronchitis, tuberculosis, and silicosis, with key measurements such as DLCO and FEV.

Explore the heart’s structure and circulation, including atria and ventricles, pericardium, and the five great vessels. Learn about heart valves, the intrinsic conduction system, cardiac cycle, and vital signs.

Study the digestive tract from mouth to anus, including the roles of the mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, intestines, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas, plus digestion, absorption, and defecation.

Learn how genito-urinary and urinary systems, including the male reproductive system, function under a urologist. Observe how kidneys filter blood via nephrons, delivering urine through ureters to bladder for micturition.

Learn gynecology and obstetrics, their subspecialties, and the female reproductive anatomy, including external and internal organs, the menstrual cycle, fertilization, pregnancy, and lactation.

Dive into the anatomy and physiology of the ear, nose, and throat, covering external, middle, and inner ear, ossicles, eustachian tube, nose and sinuses, and the larynx and pharynx.

Explore orthopedics and the musculoskeletal system, including bones, muscles, joints, ligaments, and tendons, plus common pathologies like fractures and arthritis and essential diagnostic and surgical procedures.

Explore the nervous system's structure and function, from neurons and synapses to central and peripheral divisions, brain regions, and reflex pathways, including autonomic control and common disorders.

Explore the endocrine system, including the hypothalamus, pituitary, thyroid, adrenal, pancreas, gonads, thymus, and other glands, their hormones, regulation, and related disorders.

Explore ICD-10-CM basics, including clinical modification, structure, indexing, and guidelines for principal and additional diagnoses across 22 chapters, with emphasis on coding conventions and placeholder characters.

Master ICD-10-CM conventions for etiology and manifestation coding, code-first and use additional code rules, see also guidance, and signs-and-symptoms guidelines.

Master general coding guidelines and chapter-specific rules, including complications of care. Learn HIV coding with confirmed cases (B20) and sequencing, plus screening codes (11.4, 71.7).

Explore infectious agents classification and sepsis coding, including HIV guidelines, B95–B97 bacteria, sepsis and severe sepsis codes (A41, R65.20, R65.21), and postprocedural infection codes (T81.41–T81.44), plus documentation guidance.

Learn post procedural infection and sepsis coding, including acute organ dysfunction, pregnancy and newborn sepsis guidelines, MRSA, Zika, and Covid-19 coding conventions.

Explore neoplasm coding guidelines, including malignant versus benign, primary and secondary sites, carcinoma in situ, overlapping lesions, indexes, and therapy codes for cancer treatment.

Explore chapter 3 diseases of blood and blood forming organs, chapter 4 diabetes mellitus guidelines and insulin management, and chapter 5 pain disorders, psychoactive substance use, and Mushin syndrome.

Learn icd-10-cm nervous system and eye disease coding guidelines, including dominant versus non-dominant sequencing for hemiplegia, g89 pain codes, post-op pain and pain from devices, and glaucoma seventh-character staging.

Learn to code circulatory system diseases with hypertension guidance, including hypertensive heart disease, hypertensive heart and CKD, CKD stages, and related I10, I11, I12, I13, I15, I16, I50 codes.

Learn ICD coding for respiratory diseases, including COPD and asthma acute exacerbations (J44/J45) and acute respiratory failure sequencing; cover influenza coding (J09/J10/J11) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and vaping-related disorders (U07.0).

Explain ICD-10-CM guidelines for chapters 13–15, covering bone versus joint coding, osteoporosis, CKD with transplant status, and obstetrics rules on trimester, weeks gestation, outcomes, and high-risk pregnancy.

Learn ICD chapters 15–17 coding for pregnancy and perinatal care, including gestation timing, delivery codes (O80, O32), perinatal conditions, and congenital malformations.

Master ICD-10-CM chapter 18 signs and symptoms coding, including when to code symptoms, repeated falls and coma scale scores, and chapter 19 trauma, fractures, burns, and iatrogenic injuries guidelines.

Master ICD chapter guidelines for poisoning, adverse effects, underdosing, and external causes, including abuse, transplant complications, and health factors involved in coding.

Learn the fundamentals of current procedural terminology (CPT) coding, including category one, two, and three codes, modifiers, and add-on codes, to accurately bill procedures and communicate health care services.

Master CPT modifiers, from 22 increased procedural services to 95 telemedicine, learning how these codes add information like professional or technical components, bilateral and distinct procedural services, and post-operative considerations.

Learn the CPT 10,000 surgery series, focusing on fine-needle aspiration biopsy, imaging guidance options, and using modifier 59 and add-on codes for multiple lesions.

Explore coding CPT surgery 10000 for excision of benign and malignant skin lesions, including margins, lesion diameter, repairs, adjacent tissue transfer, autografts and skin substitute grafts, and Mohs considerations.

Learn CPT coding for the musculoskeletal 20000 series, covering fracture treatment, casting, traction and fixation methods, external fixation, and spine arthrodesis reporting.

Explore the CPT surgery 30000 series, covering nose and sinuses endoscopy, bronchoscopy, lung procedures, transplants, pacemaker and defibrillator implantation, and valve and CABG guidelines.

Master CPT coding for the digestive and urinary systems, covering endoscopic procedures (esophagoscopy, esophagogastroduodenoscopy, ERCP), colonoscopy decision trees, and liver, pancreas, and renal transplantation codes.

Explore CPT 50000 continued and 60000 series coding across reproductive and maternal care, abortion, endocrine, nervous system, brain, skull base, endovascular therapy, and spine procedures.

Master radiology coding guidelines for CPT 70000 series, including unlisted procedures, contrast administration, and imaging guidance. Learn diagnostic radiology, ultrasound, mammography, and vascular procedures coding rules.

Learn anesthesia guidelines, including reporting time from preoperative prep to pacu recovery, codes starting with zero, anesthesia services, physical status modifiers, and qualifying circumstances like 900 series and 140.

Learn pathology coding with organ or disease oriented panels, panel reporting, and chemistry codes like basic metabolic panel, plus drug assay types: presumptive, definitive, and therapeutic.

Apply CPT evaluation and management guidelines to compute medical decision making from problems, data, and risk, and code new or established patients by place of service using HCPCS level two.