D & A Clinical Coding Consultancy

Mental Health Clinical Coding

 

Training for Clinical Coders

Mental Health Foundation Course

The Mental Health Foundation Course is a 3 day course for novice coders working in Mental Health providing training in the use of ICD-10 and OPCS-4 classifications.

 

Mental Health Refresher Course

A one day course of classroom-based training developed and updated by D&A. The course covers Chapter V and other relative chapters of ICD-10.

 

Training for Clinicians

We understand that many Mental Health Trusts do not employ dedicated Clinical Coders. Clinical coding is often undertaken by Mental Health Clinicians.

 

Clinicians who undertake clinical coding need training to understand the rules and conventions and requirements of recording both ICD-10 and OPCS-4 codes for submission to the Mental Health Minimum Dataset (MHMDS). This is important because, whilst clinicians are fully trained and experienced in the clinical aspects of documenting a patient’s episode of care, they may be unaware of the some of the information that is needed for coding purposes, for example, the importance of recording both primary and secondary diagnoses and procedures.

 

In order to ensure that Clinicians coding mental health episode of care are conversant with the main key learning points associated with national clinical coding standards we can provide a 1 day clinical coding course:

The training consists of the following:

• ICD-10 Four Step Coding Process
• Primary Diagnosis Definition
• Essential Pointers which covers co-morbidity coding
• ICD-10 Chapter V
• ICD-10 Chapter XX
• ECT and Rehabilitation coding in OPCS-4

Clinical Coding Awareness Sessions

We also offer Clinical Coding Awareness Sessions; these are two hour seminars which provide an overview of the basics of clinical coding.

 

To ensure your data accurately reflects the work you do, our Clinical Coding awareness sessions provide all the information you need.

 

Auditing

Mental Health Trusts require an Information Governance audit annually to meet requirement 514, this is a one day audit of a minimum of 50 episodes.

 

We can provide annual Information Governance audits helping you to identify your training requirements, assess your arrangements and develop an action plan to assist you in attaining level 3 for Information Governance Requirement 514.

 

Audit packages include pre audit discussion/meeting, case note/electronic record audit, post audit meeting and a written report with appropriate recommendations.

 

Our Clinical Classification Service Clinical Coding Auditors have taken the National Clinical Coding Qualification (UK), gained Accredited Clinical Coder (ACC) status and have completed the Clinical Classification Service Clinical Coding Auditor Programme.

Our Auditors are regularly monitored and assessed by the Clinical Classification Service and ourselves.

 

Contract Coding

We can provide you with a highly skilled and experienced Clinical Coder on a regular basis each month to undertake your clinical coding to ensure your activity is accurately captured.

All our Clinical Coders are Accredited Clinical Coders (ACC) with a minimum of five years experience, they receive a refresher course every two years and attend regular specialty workshops to maintain their skills.

 

References can be provided.

 

Please contact us for further information and prices.