Program
Overview
Codes Unlimited Healthcare Academy (CUHA) is an academy that provides unlimited physician coding and medical compliance services to healthcare providers. CUHA is distinctive as the only 17-week accelerated preparatory and training course in the Memphis area that offers extensive and thorough training for students to successfully pass the national certification medical coding examination. CUHA offers distance learning for both hybrid and blended learning: The hybrid teaching method include a teacher instructing in-person and remote students at the same time. And the blended learning model combines in-person teaching with asynchronous learning methods, where students work on online exercises and watch instructional videos during their own time. CUHA philosophy is to strive at teaching the basic and/or advance skills for Current Procedural Terminology (CPT), International Classification of Disease, 10th revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM), Healthcare Common Procedure Coding Systems (HCPCS) II code sets along with the medical compliance to enable any healthcare provider the correct way to file medical claims the first time to receive maximal reimbursement from the insurance industry (third-party payers).
CUHA offers both traditional/online classes on Saturday from 9:00 am -1:30 pm. Course curriculum details are below.
Enrollment Dates: December and June , Class Dates: February -May , July-October See catalog for calendar for date.
Looking for Review (refresher), or individual classes along with seminar/workshop, please contact CUHA for the exact dates:
Scheduled review classes: May & October
Course Curriculum
©American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC), PMCC Medical Coding Training Workbook, 2022.
| Course Number | Course Description | Course Hours |
|---|---|---|
| 1001 | Business of Medicine: (Reimbursement, HIPAA & Compliance,) | 2.5 |
| 1002 | Medical Terminology & Anatomy Review (covered through-out the course) | 2.5 |
| 3001 | Introduction to Documentation (operative cases/procedures covered through-out the course) | |
| 4001 | *International Classification of Disease, 10th Clinical Modification, (ICD-10-CM) Outpatient; (covered through-out the course) Overview ICD-10-PCS Inpatient | 4.5 |
| 4002 | *International Classification of Disease, 10th Clinical Modification, (ICD-10-CM) Outpatient; (covered through-out the course) | 4.5 |
| 4003 | *International Classification of Disease, 10th Clinical Modification, (ICD-10-CM) Outpatient; (covered through-out the course) | 4.0 |
| 5001 | Intro to Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) Guidelines & HCPCS Level 2, CPT® Surgery: Package & Modifiers (covered through-out the course) | 6.0 |
| 6001 | CPT® *Evaluation & Management-Principles | 6.5 |
| 7001 | CPT® *Evaluation & Management-Application (Chart Auditing) | 6.5 |
| 9001 | CPT® Surgery: Integumentary System | 2.5 |
| 1002 | CPT® Surgery: Musculoskeletal system | 2.5 |
| 1101 | CPT® Surgery: Respiratory, Hemi, Lymphatic, Mediastinum & Diaphragm Systems | 2.5 |
| 1201 | CPT® Surgery: Cardiovascular System | 4.5 |
| 1301 | CPT® Surgery: Digestive System | 2.5 |
| 1401 | CPT® Surgery: Urinary System | 2.0 |
| 1501 | CPT® Surgery: Reproductive system & Delivery & Maternal Care | 3.5 |
| 1601 | CPT® Endocrine & Nervous Systems | 2.0 |
| 1701 | CPT® Eye & Ocular Adnexa & Ear | 2.0 |
| 1801 | CPT® Anesthesia | 3.5 |
| 1901 | CPT® Radiology (covered through-out the course) | 3.0 |
| 2002 | CPT® Pathology & Laboratory | 2.5 |
| 2101 | CPT® Medicine (covered through-out the course) | 5.0 |
| 2201 | Review Class (offered at the end of each class session) | 5.0 |
| Total | 80 |