Foundations of Medical Coding
Learn the language, structure, and decision-making logic behind medical coding — so you can code with confidence, not guesswork.
What Foundations Builds
Professional fundamentals that make your future accuracy stable — even when cases get messy.
Build the right base
So documentation tells you what matters — not just what’s written.
Understand how coding works
So you know why a code is defensible, not just selectable.
Protect your accuracy
So future complexity doesn’t break your decisions under pressure.
How Foundations Trains Decision-Making
Foundations doesn’t teach shortcuts. It trains a repeatable way to think through uncertainty.
Identify the relevant facts in documentation and clinical context.
Extract the rule, pattern, or documentation signal that controls the decision.
Choose the most defensible path based on guidelines and the note in front of you.
Select and verify the correct code with confidence.
What You’ll Learn in Foundations
Structured, step-by-step skill building — without memorization or pressure.
Orientation to Medical Coding
Diagnosis Logic & Safe Decision-Making
Procedures, Departments & Context
How to Learn & Use AI Safely
Exam Strategy Without Panic
Ethics, HIPAA & Professional Risk
What You’ll Unlock Next
Foundations is the gateway to every advanced skill that follows.
- E/M leveling logic
- Modifiers and documentation signals
- Real-world scenarios
- Surgical decision logic
- Audit thinking
- Payer rule awareness
- Trap cases and verification workflows
- Defensible reasoning under time
- Confidence through process
Start Foundations
Begin with the Foundations learning path and build the skills that everything else depends on.