The Challenge Examination is a 90 minute paper. Please note there is no refund of this fee. This course is designed for those who have never coded before. It assumes no prior knowledge of clinical coding and begins with the basics of disease and procedure classification. There is an emphasis on developing skills in abstraction from medical record information.
Students work at home, at their own pace from structured learning materials.
There is no requirement to attend classes, workshops or tutorials and examinations are held locally. Each student has an instructor who marks their assignments and sends them back with comments. The instructor is also available by telephone, fax or email to answer questions about material in the textbook, workbook or assignments. The assessment for this course consists of an assignment for each of the 14 modules and a final examination. Module 15 is a revision module.