Core skills 6 – Rules of ICD and OPCS

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Core skills 6 – Rules of ICD and OPCS

This course covers the rules that are essential to understanding the use of both ICD and OPCS. You will look at topics like the types of chapters in ICD, definition of an intervention and ‘overflow’, ‘principal’ and ‘extended’ categories.

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Axis of the Classifications 4 Topics | 1 Quiz

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Types of chapter in ICD

Level of complexity in OPCS

Axis of the classifications recap – activity

Category & Code Structure 4 Topics

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Category structure – ICD

Code structure – ICD

Category structure – OPCS

Code structure – OPCS

Definition of an Intervention 1 Topic | 1 Quiz

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Definition of an intervention

Definition of an intervention recap – activity

Single Procedure Analysis and Multiple Coding 3 Topics | 1 Quiz

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Primary procedure analysis

Coding multiple procedures

Paired codes sequencing

Paired codes sequencing recap – activity

Overflow and Principle & Extended Categories 3 Topics | 1 Quiz

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Overflow categories

Principal and extended categories

Overflow Vs. Principal and Extended categories

Overflow and principal and extended categories recap – activity

Subsidiary chapters in OPCS 1 Topic

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Subsidiary chapters in OPCS

Structure of the OPCS Index 3 Topics | 1 Quiz

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Structure of OPCS Index – PEAS

Structure of OPCS index – surgical eponyms, new guidance

Structure of OPCS Index – surgical abbreviations

Structure of OPCS recap – activity

Rules of ICD and OPCS – activity

Core skills 6 – Rules of ICD and OPCS final quiz – let’s check what you have learnt!