Approach codes are something you will be assigning regularly especially if you’re working on surgical wards. This course will begin by teaching you when to assign an approach code and when an approach code isn’t necessary.

In this course you will learn how to correctly assign ICD codes to reflect a cancelled procedure.

This course looks at the ICD codes U06 and U07, which are codes designated for 'emergency use' by the World Health Organisation. They are contained in Chapter XXII - Codes for Special Purposes.

This course will cover the national clinical coding standards related to external causes, how to index external causes and 4th characters. It will look at external cause codes required on every episode and those only needed on the initial episode. Finally, it will look at Y95 and hospital acquired conditions.

This course covers the three ways postoperative complications and disorders can be coded. We will look at the national standards relating to each of these and how to use the index to direct you to each.

This course explains what rehabilitation is and how it is coded, including a handy flowchart to help assign the correct OPCS codes.

When you're coding short episodes on assessment units, the coding of signs and symptoms is commonplace. It can be tricky knowing when you can or can’t assign these codes, especially when these episodes become longer medical stays.