Program Overview

University of Cape Town Program Information

The University of Cape Town offers a range of programs through its Faculty of Health Sciences. The faculty is composed of various departments and units, including academic departments, administrative departments, operational units, and the Bioethics Centre.

Faculty of Health Sciences Departments

• Academic Departments:
  • Anaesthesia & Perioperative Medicine
  • Family, Community and Emergency Care
  • Health Sciences Education
  • Paediatrics & Child Health
  • Health & Rehabilitation Sciences
  • Human Biology
  • Integrative Biomedical Sciences
  • Medicine
  • Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • Pathology
  • Psychiatry & Mental Health
  • Public Health
  • Radiation Medicine
  • Surgery
• Administrative Departments
• Operational Units
• Bioethics Centre

Courses Offered

The university offers a variety of courses, including:

• Adolescent Health: Taking Evidence to Implementation
• Advanced Anatomy, Physiology & Pathophysiology
• Advanced Focus Assessed Transthoracic Echocardiography
• Advanced HIV and Adherence Counselling
• Advanced Training in Complete Current Procedural Terminology for South Africa
• Advanced Training in ICD-10 Coding
• Aeromedical Evacuation and Transport
• African Genomics Short Course
• Airway & Thoracic Skills
• Applied Community Counselling
• Argue Better! Ethical Reasoning for Health Professionals
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) Ethics & Policy in Africa
• Basic Anatomy and Physiology for Clinical Coding and Case Management
• Basic Clinical Auditing
• Basic Counselling Skills
• Basic Focus Assessed Transthoracic Echocardiography
• Basic HIV Counselling
• Basic Legal & Ethical Principles in Forensic Laboratory Mortuary Practice
• Basic Training in Complete Current Procedural Terminology for South Africa
• Basic Training in ICD-10 Coding
• Basics of MRI
• Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Workshop
• Case Management Workshop
• Certificate Course in Palliative Nursing
• Community Based Inclusive Development Practice
• Comprehensive HIV Testing
• Debriefing for Simulation Education
• Disabilities, Gender-Based Violence and Inclusive Health Care
• Disability Studies in Education
• Disaster Medicine
• DNA Extraction from Hard Tissue Samples
• Endurance Running Training Essentials & Program Design
• Essentials of Nursing Children with a Tracheostomy
• Essentials of Nursing Children with a Cancer or Blood Disorder
• Essentials of Nursing Critically Sick Children
• Essentials of Nursing Sick Children
• Essentials of Nursing Sick Newborns
• Essentials of a Paediatric Clinical Assessment
• Essentials of Paediatric Burns Care
• Essential Steps in Managing Obstetric Emergencies
• Excellence in Deceased Donation and End-of-Life Care Course
• Forensic Photography
• Fundamentals of Behaviour Change
• Fundamentals of Emergency Care
• Global Surgery Foundations
• Hospital Coding and Billing
• Intermediate Training in Complete Current Procedural Terminology for South Africa
• Intermediate Training in ICD-10 Coding
• Introductory Course in Laboratory Animal Science
• Introduction to Death Scene Investigations & Fingerprinting
• Introduction to Diagnoses Related Groups
• Introduction to Global Surgery
• Introduction to Health Care for Adolescents
• Introduction to Palliative Care
• Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods
• Introduction to Sports Nutrition
• Introduction to using NVivo for Qualitative Data Analysis & Management
• Management of Skin Disorders in Primary Care
• Masters Preparedness Course
• Medical Practitioner Billing - Reference Price List
• Palliative Care Training for the Oncologist in Africa
• Periodisation of Football Conditioning & Fitness Testing
• PhD Preparedness Course
• Prescribed Minimum Benefits (PMBs)
• Professionalizing Disability Inclusive Practice
• Providing Healthcare for Children with Long Term and Disabling Conditions
• Psychological First Aid
• Simulation Launchpad
• Science Communication and Power Relations in Global Health
• Swimming Training Essentials and Program Design
• The Essentials of Cycling Physiology and Coaching
• The Role of Movement in Childhood Development and Health
• Trans-Oesophageal Echocardiography
• Trauma-informed Practice
• Trauma Informed Research Methodologies
• Ultrasound Guided Vascular Access Course
• Understanding End Stage Renal Disease
• Understanding Forensic Odontology
• Understanding Simulation-based Education
• Universal Design for Learning (UDL): A framework for Inclusive Teaching Practice

Advanced Training in Complete Current Procedural Terminology for South Africa

Course Details

• Date: 2026 date will be scheduled once a group is confirmed.
• Venue: Microsoft Teams (1 lecture per month)
• Time: 08h30 to 16h00
• Examination: The examination will take place in the final month of the course.
• Course Fee: R 27 335

Course Description

This course is aimed at Clinical Coders and Case Managers; those seeking a career in Clinical Coding or Case Management. The course takes place over a period of 9 to 12 months with 1 lecture per month for 8 months. There is one distance assignment per month and a final examination in the last month of the course.

Entry Requirements

• Grade 12 with Maths/Maths Literacy
• Basic CCSA
• Intermediate CCSA
• Basic Anatomy
• Advanced Anatomy

Course Content

The course covers advanced rules, conventions, and guidelines for various systems, including:

• Integumentary system
• Muscoskeletal system
• Respiratory system
• Cardio-vascular systems
• Haemic and lymphatic systems
• Mediastinum and diaphragm
• Digestive system
• Urinary system
• Male Genital system
• Female Genital system
• Maternity care and delivery
• Endocrine System
• Nervous system
• Eye/Ocular and adnexa
• Auditory system
• Maternity care and delivery
• Eye/Ocular and adnexa
• Practical applications
• Use of the PHISC CCSA Coding Standards

Certificate of Completion

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