Live Cohort · Starts January 5, 2027

The chart read nobody taught you.

Outpatient trained you to code what's written. Inpatient asks a second question under every code: is it true? Is that procedure really what the op note says? Is that diagnosis supported by what happened to this patient? Will that CC hold when a payer opens the chart? Read the chart like a nurse is an 8 week live course that teaches ICD-10-PCS and clinical validation as one skill, for coders who never worked at the bedside.

Inpatient pays you to know it's true.

Why nobody told you

It isn't an effort problem. It's the missing middle.

If your quality audits come back with changes you don't understand, you're not behind. You're standing in a gap nobody built a bridge across.

Coding education

Code what's documented. Correct, and it's the rule. But it stops at the page.

You are here

The non-clinical inpatient coder. Too clinical a job for your coding training. Not a nurse, so the clinical training was never built for you.

Clinical education

What the body is doing. Anatomy, physiology, what sepsis actually looks like. Built for nurses, and it assumes the bedside.

Three things you'll do differently.

The op note

Choose the root operation by what was actually done to which body part, even when the procedure's name points the other way.

The diagnosis

Tell documented from clinically supported, and know when the indicators call for a query instead of a code.

The DRG

See how one secondary diagnosis moves the MS-DRG, and read your chart the way a validator will.

Your instructor

Taught from the payer's side of the chart.

I'm Jesse Gallop. I came up through medical coding, risk adjustment, outpatient and inpatient CDI, then DRG validation, reviewing inpatient claims for Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, and commercial plans. I'm an LPN, and the hardest part of that whole path for me was clinical validation. So I teach it the way I wish someone had taught me: the chart first, the code second.

One chart read, built class by class.

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    16 live classes with me, Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 6:00 PM ET. Each one is built around a real procedure family: angioplasty, CABG, pacemakers, central lines, embolization, bleeding control, debridement, flaps, spinal fusion, bariatric surgery, and the ancillary sections. You learn to build the code from the op note, not the index.

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    A clinical primer in every class. The anatomy and the clinical picture behind each procedure, written for coders who never worked at the bedside. You read the chart like a nurse without having to become one.

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    A clinical validation case every week. Heart failure acuity, sepsis, acute blood loss anemia, malnutrition, acute respiratory failure, encephalopathy, AKI. Each one paired with the patients who actually have them, so you can tell documented from supported before the bill drops.

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    Two weeks on MS-DRGs and DRG validation. CC and MCC capture, CC exclusions, POA, and then the payer's side: how a validator reads your chart, in the order I used to read them.

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    Every class recorded, plus weekly practice sets with answer keys. Keep your job and your shifts. Find your weak spots in a practice set, not in a quality audit.

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    Career support when you finish. Your choice of one résumé review or one mock interview with me, for an inpatient coding or DRG validation role.

CourseRead the chart like a nurse (ICD-10-PCS and clinical validation for inpatient coders)
FormatLive online · every class recorded
ScheduleTuesday & Thursday evenings, 6:00 PM ET
BeginsTuesday, January 5, 2027
Length16 classes over 8 weeks, through Thursday, February 25
Tuition$1,099 early enrollment through Nov 30 · then $1,299$1,299 · or 2 payments of $649.50
Enrollment closesWednesday, December 30, 2026
The Investment
$1,099$1,299$1,299
early enrollment · through Monday, November 30one time · all 16 classes

Look up one inpatient coding or DRG validation posting near you and compare it to what you make today. That monthly gap is what standing still costs. This is the full 16 classes, and what you see here is exactly what you sign. No surprises later.

Prefer to split it? Choose the 2-payment plan at checkout: $549.50 today, $549.50 one month later. After November 30, tuition is $1,299.Prefer to split it? Choose the 2-payment plan at checkout: $649.50 today, $649.50 one month later.

“I'm not clinical. Can I really do this?”

Yes. That's exactly who this was built for. You already know how to code, and you've proven it. What you were never handed is the clinical read, and that is teachable. Every class opens with the anatomy and the clinical picture first, slowly, with the recordings to go back to. The only coders this doesn't work for are the ones who decide alone and never ask.

What You'll Sign

You'll know exactly what you're agreeing to before you pay a cent.

Claiming your seat starts with a short enrollment agreement, in plain language. The part most people want to see up front is how withdrawals work, so here it is:

Before January 5

A full refund of every dollar you paid. No questions.

Through Thursday, January 7

A full refund, minus a $399 withdrawal fee, during the first week of class.

From Friday, January 8

Tuition is committed and no refund is issued.

If you show up, I'll teach you to read the chart the right way. That's the deal.

Step 1  AgreementStep 2  Checkout

Two quick steps, and your seat is yours.

First you complete the short enrollment agreement, in plain English. Then you check out with PayPal. The moment you're done, your seat in the January cohort is confirmed.

Step 1: the enrollment agreement · Step 2: secure checkout

Enrollment for the January cohort is closed.

Questions? Email info@thecodingnurse.com.

Questions

How does enrollment work?
Two steps. You complete a short enrollment agreement in plain English, then you pay through PayPal. Your seat is confirmed the moment you're done.
I'm not clinical. Is this for me?
Yes. It was built for coders who came up through outpatient without a clinical background. Every class opens with a clinical primer written for coders who never worked at the bedside.
I already passed my CIC or CCS. Isn't PCS covered?
Passing the exam proves you know the system. It doesn't teach you to build the code from a messy op note, and it doesn't teach clinical validation at all. That's the half this course adds.
What if I have to miss a class?
Every class is recorded. Watch it back on your schedule and stay on track. It's built for coders who work full time.
How much time will it take each week?
Two live classes a week, Tuesday and Thursday at 6:00 PM ET, plus about two hours of practice on your own.
Will this get me a job?
No course can promise a job, and I won't. What gets coders hired into inpatient and DRG validation roles is reading a chart and defending a finding, and that's exactly what we build. When you finish, you also get one résumé review or one mock interview with me.
Can I split the tuition into payments?
Yes. Choose the 2-payment plan at checkout: $549.50 today and $549.50 one month later, or pay $1,099 in full. After November 30, tuition is $1,299, or two payments of $649.50.Yes. Choose the 2-payment plan at checkout: $649.50 today and $649.50 one month later, or pay $1,299 in full. The payment plan requires a PayPal account. Paying in full works with a card or PayPal.
Can my employer pay?
Many facilities have education budgets, and better coding accuracy is directly in their interest. Email info@thecodingnurse.com and we'll help you with what your employer needs.
How do refunds work?
A full refund before January 5. A full refund minus a $399 fee for withdrawal requests received through Thursday, January 7. After that, tuition is committed. It's all in the enrollment agreement, in plain language, before you pay.
When does it start?
Tuesday, January 5, 2027, at 6:00 PM ET. We meet Tuesday and Thursday evenings through February 25. Enrollment closes Wednesday, December 30.

The door is open. Walk through it.

Jesse Gallop, LPN, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P, CPMA, CPB, CRC, HCS-D, HCS-O · The Coding Nurse®