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3.00 Credits
DataThis course focuses on the statistical reports created by health information professionals; maintenance requirements of various indexes and registries; data abstracting; entry and retrieval techniques; and exploration of recent reimbursement schemes and their effect on the health information profession. Prerequisite: HCI 22. Three class hours a week. Instructional Support Fee applies3 credits Fall
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3.00 Credits
IThis course provides students with the supervised practice of entry level acute and long term care inpatient and outpatient procedures within the Health Information Management profession. The students will spend seventy-five percent of the semester learning and practicing these functions, on site, in the HCI Laboratory and twenty-five percent of the semester applying these skills in the healthcare organizations affiliated with the HCI program at Bristol Community College. Prerequisite: HCI 22. One class hour and nine hours of clinical placement a week (two days). Instructional Support Fee applies4 credits Fall
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3.00 Credits
ProceduresThis course presents commonly-encountered diseases, disorders and conditions affecting human body systems. Students study etiology, physiology, tests and procedures used to diagnose the conditions studied. Methods of treating the diseases and disorders are also studied. Prerequisite: BIO 15 or BIO 33/34 or permission of instructor. Three class hours a week. 3 credits Fall, Spring
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3.00 Credits
CodingThis course introduces the characteristics and conventions of the latest version of the International Classification of Disease as used in the United States. Students learn how to use alphabetic indexes and tabular lists to locate precise diagnosis codes to identify diseases, disorders, and conditions for patients in all healthcare settings. Students also learn how to provide procedure codes for hospital inpatients. Prerequisite: HCI 13, and BIO 15 or BIO 34. Pre- or co-requisite: HCI 37. Three hours of lecture per week. Instructional Support Fee applies3 credits Fall, Spring
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3.00 Credits
ReimbursementThe primary emphasis of this course is on HCPCS coding, especially the CPT or its successor coding system. Students learn how to use alphabetic indexes and tabular lists to locate exact codes to identify the procedures and services performed by healthcare providers in all types of care settings. Students also learn how codes are processed and communicated to payers for provider reimbursement. Prerequisite: HCI 13, and BIO 15 or BIO 34. Pre- or co-requisite: HCI 37. Three hours of lecture per week. Instructional Support Fee applies3 credits Spring
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3.00 Credits
ManagementThis course explores the various roles of the medical record professional through the study of quality assurance and utilization review; the tumorregistry; and medical staff committee support functions. Forms design and the Problem Oriented Medical Record are examined as are medical records in long-term care, ambulatory care and mental health facilities. Prerequisite: HCI 33. Three class hours a week. Instructional Support Fee applies3 credits Spring
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1.00 Credits
SeminarThis course provides students the opportunity to apply coding principles in a health care facility. Externship sites may include a hospital health information department, physician's practice, free-standing clinic, long-term care facility, or home-health agency. The 18-hour externship is arranged between the student and worksite supervisor. Students are required to keep a reflective journal of their externship activities and complete a course project. The eight-hour seminar includes discussion of classroom theory as applied to the externship experience. Pre- or co-requisite: MAA 74, HCI 37, HCI 39, HCI 42, OFC 93, or permission of the instructor. Eighteen externship hours and eight seminar hours per semester .Instructional Support Fee applies1 credit Spring
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3.00 Credits
IIThis course provides students with the supervised practiceof advanced acute care inpatient and outpatient procedures within the Health Information Management profession. The students will spend seventy-five percent of their time learning and mastering these functions in the HCI Laboratory, on site, and twenty-five percent of their time applying these skills in the healthcare organizations affiliated with the Healthcare Information Program at Bristol Community College. Prerequisites HCI 33, HCI 39, co-requisite HCI 42. Twelve hours of clinical placement a week (three days). Instructional Support Fee applies4 credits Spring
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3.00 Credits
HealthThis course helps the student develop standards and principles of good health for the adult based on scientific research. It provides for study in attitudes and practices as they influence effective living, common adult health problems, significant diseases and public health responsibilities, community health and services, and special problems of concern in the area of community health to a democratic society. Three class hours a week. 3 credits Fall, Summer
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1.00 Credits
IA one-semester, one-credit course to introduce students to the language used in the medical and allied health professions. Word building using medical word roots, prefixes and suffixes is the primary emphasis of the course. Terms that identify diseases, disorders and conditions as well as diagnostic tests and treatment procedures are taught. The terms relate to the function and anatomy of the overall body structure and the musculoskeletal and nervous systems. Pronunciation is emphasized to facilitate the learner's communication with other members of the healthcare delivery team. Prerequisite: High school biology or permission of instructor. One class hour a week .Instructional Support Fee applies1 credit Fall
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