Four live sessions of 90 minutes across two weeks — six hours in total, hands-on practice built into every one. Organised around the Abu Dhabi Outpatient Classification (ADOC) itself, one part owned properly each day.
Each training day is a single 90-minute session: instructor-led teaching with hands-on classification worked into it, not bolted on afterwards. Four sessions, six hours in total. Day 1 introduces the Abu Dhabi Outpatient Classification (ADOC) end to end. Each day after that owns one part of the classification in depth — the C-Series, then the P-Series, then the S and D Series together — covering that series’ class definitions, inclusions, exclusions and billing guidelines.
Sessions build on each other and must be taken in sequence. Each of the first three classes ends with a 10-minute closed-book quiz; the fourth ends with the certification exam.
Bring the ADOC Definitions Manual and Counting Rules to every session. The programme deliberately trains coders to navigate the manuals rather than memorise them, because the exam is open-book — as real coding is.
Prerequisites: CPT and ICD-10-CM coding competence and basic familiarity with Shafafiya claim submission. No prior ADOC knowledge is assumed.
Each session runs 90 minutes and the timing shifts to suit facility scheduling — the four sessions and their sequence are what matter, not the hour of the day.
| Day | Session | Assessment | Practicum |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 Date TBC |
Introduction to ADOC Day 1 builds the shared foundation: what ADOC is, why the shift from FFS, the series architecture, adjustors and counting rules, the framework every coder needs before touching a single class. Each day after that applies that framework to one series in depth, working through its class definitions, inclusions, exclusions, billing guidance and pricing. |
Quiz 1 — 10 MCQs, closed book | Scope, service-event and series identification |
| Day 2 Date TBC |
The C-Series All specialist consultation classes by cluster. Inclusions and exclusions, paediatric and obstetric routing, follow-up indicators, telemedicine, and more. |
Quiz 2 — 10 MCQs, closed book | C-Series classification and counting cases |
| Day 3 Date TBC |
The P-Series All interventional procedure classes. The gatekeeper check, class boundaries, same-day P and C billing, documentation and pricing. |
Quiz 3 — 10 MCQs, closed book | P-Series boundary calls and pricing cases |
| Day 4 Date TBC |
S & D Series, claims S routing by clinician qualification, the D-classes, the claim anchor pattern, validation rules, then the certification exam. |
Final exam — 30 marks, 35 minutes, open manual | End-to-end claim building on full cases |
One session per training day. The teaching and the hands-on classification are interleaved rather than separated, so a rule is applied to a case within minutes of being explained.
Instructor-led against the official DoH worked examples, boundary cases and billing guidelines.
You classify, count and price real-shaped encounters against the manuals as you go, with the trainer working the room.
Days 1 to 3 close with a 10-minute closed-book quiz. Day 4 closes with the 35-minute open-manual certification exam.
Separately, the 555-scenario practicum is yours to work through in your own time, at your own pace, for the length of your cohort. It is not counted in the six hours above.
All four sessions, in sequence. One absence may be made up by recorded session plus facilitator sign-off.
70% average across Quizzes 1–3 — three 10-question closed-book quizzes, 30 marks in total.
70% or better. 30 marks in 35 minutes: 22 MCQs plus 4 scenario items worth 2 marks each. Definitions Manual and Counting Rules allowed.
| Domain | Weight | Primary source |
|---|---|---|
| Foundations, scope and classification architecture | 20% | Definitions Manual §1–3 |
| Counting rules and supplementary scenarios | 35% | Counting Rules |
| Series-level class assignment and pricing | 25% | Definitions Manual class templates; Price List |
| Shadow billing, claims and validation | 20% | Draft Claims & Adjudication Rules §4.6; Shafafiya release note |
Assessment design follows established coding-certification practice: scenario-driven items that test application of the rules with the manual open, not memorisation. Every exam item cites its source section in the answer key, so a disputed answer can be settled against the DoH documents.
The programme is built from the official DoH ADOC document suite — the Definitions Manual, Counting Rules, draft Claims & Adjudication Rules, Service Codes and Price List, and the Shafafiya shadow-billing release note with its XML schema and validation rules.
Participants should hold the current DoH document set. Genesis supplies the slide decks, the programme guide, the coder quick-reference sheet and practicum access.
These come up in every cohort. They are taught, drilled and examined.
Three. Each therapist’s appointment independently meets the service-event definition — separate appointment, clinical content, entry in the record. The per-day cap applies per clinician, not per facility.
Not to services in ADOC scope. The 7-day and 8–14-day follow-up rules continue, but they are reported through ADOC-specific indicators that replace Modifiers 24 and 52. Modifier 25 has no ADOC equivalent — a consultation and a procedure of different series may both be reported when each is genuinely delivered and documented.
No. Physician grade is not a pricing factor. Every class carries one flat weight.
The trigger is the incision, not the needle. A skin incision routes to P3, minor surgical; no incision routes to P10, minor medical — which is why chemical cauterisation (17250) sits in P10 and not P3. DoH has committed to CPT-level P-Series guidance.
No — medication administration is an inclusion of every C-class. The single exception is chemotherapy infusion, which is P7 when physician-supervised and S41 when it is not.
C23, Respiratory. Paediatric subspecialists use the organ-system class; the paediatric price adjuster applies through the patient’s age. Same logic for paediatric orthopaedic surgery, which goes to C32.
No. The EEG is reported as D8, Clinical measurement, at zero value, linked to the parent event by Claim ID and Activity ID reference.
It is rejected. ActivityType 11 is valid only within EncounterType 1, outpatient, or 10, telemedicine. Any other encounter type fails validation.
S-Series. The P-Series is billable only by physicians. CPT 11055–11057, paring or cutting of a benign hyperkeratotic lesion, stays P03 when a physician performs it — regardless of that physician’s specialty — but the equivalent service delivered by a podiatrist or another allied health professional classifies to the relevant S-Series class. Nail trimming and debridement, CPT 11719 to 11721, are typically podiatry work and bill against S16.
It depends on the intent and the predominant nature of the service, and the documentation has to show it. If pain management was the focus, that belongs in the clinical documentation and the recorded primary diagnosis, and C02 is billed. If the psychotherapy was delivered to treat secondary mental health conditions, C45 is billed — again with the documentation and diagnosis coding to match.
Yes. Podiatrists continue to order diagnostics as they do now under their existing licensing, and DoH is updating the ADOC documentation and linking rules to allow for it.
Per the ADOC Price List: the P-Series uses the surgical procedures cost block, the C-Series uses the E&M cost block, and the S-Series uses the medical services and procedures cost block.
Laboratory testing in general is reported against the pathology class, D05. Consultation or review of the genetic test outcomes with a geneticist bills against C14, or S53 where it is with a genetic counsellor.
More in the programme itself, including the boundary cases that generate most denials.
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