Advanced ICD and Procedure Coding Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply advanced ICD-10-CM coding guidelines to accurately classify complex diagnoses, including those involving multiple comorbidities and complications.
• Analyze complex inpatient procedures and assign precise ICD-10-PCS codes, ensuring correct root operations, body systems, and approaches.
• Evaluate clinical documentation to identify discrepancies and formulate effective physician queries to ensure code accuracy.
• Design a compliance-focused coding process that adheres to official guidelines, regulatory requirements, and ethical standards.
• Demonstrate proficiency in using coding software and encoders to optimize coding efficiency and accuracy.
• Implement strategies to reduce coding errors and improve documentation integrity in a healthcare setting.

Target Audience

This course is designed for experienced medical coders, health information managers, and coding auditors who wish to advance their skills in complex coding scenarios and prepare for professional certification.

Prerequisites

Participants should have a minimum of two years of coding experience and a foundational knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy, and physiology.

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

The practicals are integral to this course, providing hands-on experience with coding software and real-world case studies. Learners will apply coding guidelines to complex scenarios, enhancing their accuracy and confidence.

Practical Activities

• Coding Software Practice — Learners will use a leading encoder software to look up codes for given diagnoses and procedures, ensuring accuracy and efficiency. (3h)
• Complex Case Coding Workshop — In small groups, learners will analyze and code a set of complex medical records, discussing coding decisions and justifying code selections. (4h)
• Coding Audit Simulation — Learners will audit a sample of coded records to identify errors and recommend corrections, simulating a real-world compliance review. (2h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	40% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.