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3.00 Credits
Supervised field experience with businesses, corporations, government agencies, schools and community organizations to expand career interests and apply subject knowledge relevant to the workplace. Individualized internship placements to develop personal and professional skills, including professional ethics, leadership, and civic responsibility. Prerequisite: Student must have a GPA of 2.0; and have completed specific degree requirements as required by the program; and have completed the internship application process. Three lecture.
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3.00 Credits
HIM 100. Introduction to Health Information Management (3). Introduction to the various functions performed in a health record department with emphasis on maintaining confidentiality of patient data. Content, structure, analyses, storage methods, and retrieving patient record and data elements within the health information system. Prerequisite: Reading Proficiency. Three lecture.
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4.00 Credits
HIM 140. Disease Process (4). Examination of the most common diseases of each body system, with normal anatomy and physiology compared to pathologic anatomy and physiologic malfunctioning due to disease process. Diagnostic methods, etiology, management, treatment, modalities, pharmacology and prognosis are discussed. Prerequisite: BIO 160. Reading Proficiency. Four lecture.
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2.00 Credits
HIM 141. Healthcare Delivery Systems (2). Overview of the healthcare delivery systems at the national, state and local levels. Current trends in healthcare delivery including health facilities, medical staff organization and functions, the changing roles of healthcare professional and patterns of financing healthcare. Prerequisite: HIM 100. Two lecture.
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3.00 Credits
HIM 142. Healthcare Reimbursement Methodology (3). Major reimbursement systems used for professional and institutional reimbursement in various healthcare settings with an emphasis on health data collection and classification implications. Prerequisite: HIM 170. Three lecture.
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4.00 Credits
HIM 170. ICD-9 Medical Coding (4). Principles of coding and classification using the ICD-9 (International Coding of Diseases) manual in the assignment of valid diagnostic and/or procedure codes. Includes: medical necessity, coding issues for specific body systems, and for general conditions. Prerequisite: AHS131 and AHS132 and BIO160 and HIM100. Reading Proficiency. Four lecture.
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3.00 Credits
HIM 171. CPT Medical Coding (3). Techniques and conventions of CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) coding and Evaluation and Management (E/M) coding. Organization and structure of the CPT manual, and how to transform descriptions into valid procedural codes. Emphasis on each body system in the surgery, lab, pathology, and medicine sections of the CPT manual. Prerequisite: HIM170. Reading Proficiency. Three lecture.
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2.00 Credits
HIM 172. Legal and Ethical Aspects of Health Information Management (2). Legislation and regulations related to health information management with an emphasis on privacy and confidentiality, access, HIPAA directives, ethical guidelines and decision making. Prerequisite: Reading Proficiency. Two lecture.
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3.00 Credits
HIS 131. United States History I (3). Survey of social, economic, political, and cultural history from pre-Contact through the Civil War. Emphasis on conflicting interpretations of historical events and evidence. Examination of the continental approach to the development of the United States. Interpretation of the diversity of the American people and their various contributions to America's shared past. Prerequisite: ENG 101 or ENG 103; or COM 135 and ENG 136. Reading Proficiency. Three lecture.
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3.00 Credits
Survey of social, economic, political, and cultural history from pre-Contact through the Civil War. Emphasis on conflicting interpretations of historical events and evidence. Examination of the continental approach to the development of the United States. Interpretation of the diversity of the American people and their various contributions to America's shared past. Prerequisite: ENG 101 or ENG 103; or COM 135 and ENG 136; and completion of ENG 083 or a minimum score of 70 on the Reading skills assessment. Three lecture.
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