Identify the fundamental elements of a trauma registry,
Identify the fundamental elements of the National Trauma Data Standard dataset patient inclusion criteria,
Achieve familiarity with the National Trauma Data Standards, their definitions, field values, and required associated elements,
Achieve familiarity with anatomical and medical terms frequently used in trauma, and understand their relevance to injury data collection,
Identify the basic principles for various scaling and scoring tools such as the ICD-10-CM, Trauma Score, Revised Trauma Score, Abbreviated Injury Scale, Injury Severity Score, TRISS, etc.,
Understand the assignment of injury severity values using the tools listed above, and their importance,
Identify the process of reviewing and abstracting medical records of seriously injured trauma victims,
State the assignment of e-codes and their significance,
Utilize ICD-10-CM coding of complex multiple trauma patients with solid organ injuries in practice,
Identify various methods of data presentation,
Identify the basic principles of Inter-Rater Reliability audits,
Identify areas related to DRGs to potentially increase financial reimbursement,
Describe the differences between coding for reimbursement versus injury severity,
Identify multidisciplinary members of a trauma quality and process improvement committee and discuss methodology for process and quality improvement,
Achieve familiarity with computer hardware and software commonly used in trauma registers,
Understand the significance of confidentiality concerning patient data and be able to develop safeguards to maintain these standards in the safe use of Trauma Register data and reports,
Verbalize the importance of complete and comprehensive documentation as it relates to injury severity and reimbursement and imbursement