Part of the Ingenix Learning Coding and Reimbursement Educational Series

Most payers use Ingenix fee data for prevailing fee determinations in benefits departments. As a result, our formal research and day-to-day interaction with payer clients provides insight into many of your most compelling challenges—so you can confidently draw on our experience to address your ongoing need to simplify the complex business of health care.

Diagnosis Coding: The Use of ICD-9-CM Codes. Diagnosis coding is the coding method that translates medicine's terminology for diseases, injuries, and the other reasons for a patient to seek medical treatment into the numeric and alphanumeric digits understood by statisticians, data analysts, and the computers that process insurance claim forms.

This course provides an overview of diagnosis coding for those unfamiliar with ICD-9-CM. It can be an orientation or training tool for those individuals who need a basic understanding of diagnosis coding such as those working in customer service, claims processing, coordination of benefits, prior authorization and utilization review.

Skill Level: Novice