Courses

  • 4 Lessons

    Eating disorders

    In this course, you will look at the most common eating disorders in the UK. Along the way, you will learn some of the facts and features of these eating disorders.
  • 3 Lessons

    External cause codes

    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.
  • 4 Lessons

    Eye Procedures – part one

    This is a two part course. Part one covers eye procedures such as glaucoma and retinal surgery as well as procedures involving the lacrimal system.  

  • 6 Lessons

    Fifth characters in Chapter XIII

    In this course you will learn the basics around the use of fifth characters, when it is necessary to assign one, and where you will find instructional notes directing you to assign one. This is a subject that most experienced coders will be quite confident with, however, errors involving fifth characters occur on audits more frequently than you may think.
  • 6 Lessons

    Fixations

    A subject that can be confusing when coding fracture reductions, but this course will simplify it in a straightforward manner. You will learn the definition of a fixation, why they’re used and the differences between internal and external fixators.
  • 3 Lessons

    Functional endoscopic sinus/nasal surgery (FESS & FENS)

    In this course you will look at FESS and FENS and the procedures that are usually carried out under this approach.
  • 4 Lessons

    Hand, elbow and shoulder diagnoses and procedures

    Orthopaedic procedures can seem intimidating to coders, especially if you are new to this speciality. This course will help you understand what it is you’re coding and give you the confidence needed when you’re next faced with a long orthopaedic surgical list.
  • 4 Lessons

    Heart failure

    This course will cover what heart failure is and how it occurs, the rules between coding LVF and CCF and which codes are required when pulmonary oedema is involved. Finally, it will look at the rules on coding heart failure linked with hypertension or diabetes.
  • 3 Lessons

    How to create a memory aid

    Having trouble memorising and remembering text? This course is specifically designed to show you different types and examples of memory aids, therefor helping you create your own memory aids to suite your own style of learning. We will give you some extra handy hints for you to try out so you can find the best resource to absorb information to get the most out of your revision and learning to help the information stick and support your learning.      
  • 3 Lessons

    Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

    This course will cover how to code active HIV infections and their complications, whilst also looking into HIV & neoplasms and HIV within pregnancy.
  • 3 Lessons

    ICD and OPCS chapters

    The chapters and their titles form an integral part of revising for the assessments and exam. This short course will help you to learn the chapters and their titles.
  • 8 Lessons

    Injuries

    Coding injuries is something that we all come across regularly so it is vital that you know your national standards and can apply them in order to code accurately. The first topic in this course will cover the basics of injuries, how to code them and when to assign an external cause. After that you will look at documentation and specific types of injuries.
  • 2 Lessons

    Introduction of OPCS 4.10

    In this course you will take a look at the new codes introduced in OPCS 4.10.
  • 5 Lessons

    Joint replacements

    Joint replacements can seem like a straightforward topic – but things get trickier when faced with hybrid replacements, conversions and infected prosthetic joints.
  • 2 Lessons

    Levels of spine

    When coding spinal procedures, it is essential that a coder also records the number of spinal levels that have been worked on. This can be a tricky subject as there are three different ways of classifying levels of spine.
  • 5 Lessons

    Lower digestive tract – Diagnoses

    This course looks at some of the most common diseases of the lower digestive tract and how to code them.
  • 8 Lessons

    Lower Digestive Tract Procedures

    Procedures on the lower digestive tract are classified to Chapter H. In this course you will learn about some of these procedures and how to code them.
  • 7 Lessons

    Maternal care for pregnancy

    Maternity coding can be overwhelming if you haven't had much experience coding this speciality. However this course will go through some of the essential coding standards around maternal care, featuring commonly occurring pregnancy related problems and conditions.
  • 5 Lessons

    Myocardial infarctions​

    This course will cover what an MI is and how they occur and the national standards covering acute, chronic, and subsequent MIs. Finally, it will look at how to code MIs with diabetes, MIs with coronary artery disease and complications following an MI.