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3.00 Credits
(120 Contact Hours) Course prepares students to be nursing assistants. Students will perform nursing procedures, provide personal patient care, care for geriatric patients and assist with rehabilitative activities. Clinical learning experience will consist of 40 hours of supervised clinical experience in a licensed nursing home.
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1.00 Credits
(75 Contact Hours) Pre- or co-requisite: HCP 0001 Course focuses on preparing individuals for employment as phlebotomists. Basic phlebotomy techniques and rationale are discussed and simulated. Course content includes but is not limited to the safe and efficient work practices, maintaining specimen integrity, preparing and labeling specimens and promoting the comfort and well being of the patient.
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3.00 Credits
(3 Credits--3 Hours) Prerequisite: HSC 1000 This course provides an introduction to the field of health information management, including: a history of the profession, professional organizations, accreditation standards, and the functions, content and structure of the health care record.
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3.00 Credits
(3 Credits--3 Hours) Prerequisite: HIM 1000. This course provides an introduction to the study of healthcare statistics and performance improvement, with an emphasis on manual and electronic computations such as mortality and autopsy rates, inpatient census, bed counts, and total length of stay. Students will also identify, describe, apply and evaluate performance improvement principles, tools and techniques.
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3.00 Credits
(3 Credits--3 Hours) Prerequisite: CGS 1100. This course provides an introduction to the study of the automation, computerization, and implementation of information systems in the healthcare industry with a focus on the evolution and goals of the Computerized Patient Record. Computer laboratory work with health industry software packages included.
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3.00 Credits
(3 Credits--3 Hours) Pre- or Co-requisites: HSC 1000 and CGS 1100. This course provides an introduction to the study of the billing and reimbursement processes of hospitals and ambulatory health care settings including: scheduling, registration, insurance verification, fee schedules, encounter forms, charge capturing, billing process, reimbursement process, patient payment and collections. Computer laboratory work with billing software is included.
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3.00 Credits
(3 Credits--3 Hours) Pre- or Co-requisites: BSC 2085 and BSC 2085L. This course is an introduction to the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) Coding System, with an emphasis on ICD-9-CM conventions, coding steps and guidelines, V and E codes, symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions and use of the medical record as a source for coding. The Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS) and guidelines for coding neoplasms, injuries, burns, poisonings, adverse effects of drugs, and complications of surgery and medical care are also included.
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3.00 Credits
(3 Credits--3 Hours) Pre- or Co-requisite: HSC 1000. This course provides an introduction to the study of law as applied to the health field including: legal terminology, the judicial system, misconduct, malpractice, and legal and professional standards. The importance of proper documentation and informed consent will be emphasized. This course will also cover the fundamentals of medical ethics and ethical behavior as it relates to clinical practice.
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3.00 Credits
(3 Credits--3 Hours) Prerequisites: HIM 1282C. This course serves as a continuation of Basic ICD-9-CM Coding with application of guidelines in more advanced case scenarios. The content includes simulation of inpatient and outpatient coding of diseases, procedures and services of all body systems using patient records and encoder software. Emphasis is placed on the use of official coding guidelines, compliance, and DRG calculations.
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3.00 Credits
(3 Credits--3 Hours) Pre-or Co-requisites: BSC 2085 and BSC 2085L This course provides an introduction to the study of Current Procedure Terminology (CPT) Coding. Simulation of outpatient coding, including ambulatory surgery, diagnostic testing and procedures, physician services using patient records, and encoder software are essential parts of this course. Emphasis is placed on the use of official CPT coding guidelines, compliance and Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) calculations.
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