Please note: 2025 dates will only be made available in 2025

Date: 14 March 2024 to 15 November 2024
Venue: Microsoft Teams
Time: 08h30 to 16h00
Examination: 27 January 2025

Course fee is R 30 000

This course is aimed at Clinical Coders and Case Managers; those seeking a career in Clinical Coding or Case Management.

Register Online

Entry requirements: 

- Grade 12 with Maths / Maths Literacy
- Basic Anatomy
- Advanced Anatomy (if you are not a qualified medical professional (doctor, nurse, physiotherapist, etc)
- Basic ICD-10
- Intermediate ICD-10

Module 1: 14/03/2024
Module 2: 15/04/2024
Module 3: 17/05/2024
Module 4: 19/06/2024
Module 5: 19/07/2024
Module 6: 16/08/2024
Module 7: 19/09/2024
Module 8: 16/10/2024
Module 9: 15/11/2024

Examination: 27/01/2025

Three assignments will be completed after each block, in total nine assignments need to be completed.

Course Content: 

Coding rules and conventions pertaining to:

  • Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
  • Neoplasms
  • Diseases of the Blood and Blood Forming Organs
  • Endocrine, Metabolic and Nutritional Disorders
  • Mental and Behavioural Disorders
  • Nervous System Disorders
  • Diseases of the Eye, Adnexa and the Ear
  • Diseases of the Circulatory, Respiratory and Digestive Systems
  • Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue
  • Diseases of the Musculoskeletal and Genito-urinary System
  • Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium
  • Congenital and Chromosomal disorders
  • Conditions originating in the Perinatal Period
  • Signs, symptoms and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
  • Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
  • The coding of injuries, poisoning and other consequences of external causes
  • The external cause of injury coding rules
  • The use of the South African Morbidity Coding Standards

A digital certificate of completion will be issued to participants on successful completion of the course.

For more information or to register email ce.administration@uct.ac.za