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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: OST 1854 This course is designed to provide instruction in how HIM professionals meet the information technology and systems demands that support continuity of patient care and improved healthcare quality worldwide. Topics covered include: information and communication technologies; database architecture and design; data storage and retrieval; data security; electronic health records; and healthcare information systems.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisites: OST 1854 & either QMB 1001 or MAT 1033 or consent of instructor This course is designed to provide instruction in how HIM professionals: abstract and maintain data for clinical indices/databases/registries; collect, organize, and present data for quality management, utilization management, risk management, and other patient care related studies; compute and interpret healthcare statistics; apply Institutional Review Board processes and policies; use specialized databases to meet specific organization needs such as medical research and disease registries; analyze clinical data to identify trends that demonstrate quality, safety, and effectiveness of healthcare; calculate staffing levels and productivity standards for health information functions and calculate health information department medical record supplies such as storage units for budget recommendations.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites or Corequisites: HIM 1433, BSC 2093C This course focuses on the analysis and coding of symptoms, diagnoses, diseases, operations, and treatments using International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision-Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM). The student is taught how to look through a variety of medical reports to determine the accurate selection and sequencing of codes for various healthcare settings. A minimum of 3 hours of structured lab time per week is required. (The students are advised to take HIM 2234C during the semester immediately following HIM 2222C to avoid having to purchase ICD-9-CM manuals for 2 separate years. In order to coordinate this sequence, the students should ensure the prerequisites/corequisites for HIM 2234C are satisfied accordingly.)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: C or higher in HIM 2222C . Prerequisites or Corequisites: BSC 2094C This course is a continuation of HIM 2222C and includes the in-depth use of International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision-Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM). In addition, this course offers theory and practice in common reimbursement methodologies and classification systems including the status of ICD-10. This course further increases the quality of ICD-9-CM code selection by applying the selection process in problem solving using medical record review methods and guidelines. An Encoder and Grouper is demonstrated and available to the student for the completion of select assignments. A minimum of 3 hours of structured lab time per week is required.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: HSC 1532 Students are shown how to analyze source documents and properly use the CPT manual to accurately select all professional procedure codes applicable to any medical, health, or surgical encounter. Special emphasis is placed upon the relationship between reimbursement and CPT coding. It is recommended that the student complete an anatomy and physiology course or its equivalent prior to enrolling in this course. A minimum of 3 hours of structured lab time per week is required.
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisites or Corequisites: HSC 1532 This course will introduce HIM students to the most common drugs and laboratory tests utilized in medicine. Students will learn how to abstract key information from the medical record to assist in improving physician documentation and to ensure all valid conditions are coded.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: C or higher in HIM 2110 . Prerequisite or Corequisite: OST 2336 This course provides students with opportunities to apply communications, teamwork and management principles to assessing and improving data quality and performance of HIM department functions. Students also participate in facility-wide compliance activities to support total quality assessment, performance improvement, utilization management and risk management strategies. Students study the organization of resources in any health information services environment, including human resources, financial and physical resources and information technology resources. A minimum of 3 hours of structured lab time per week is required.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisites: C or higher in HIM 1512, HIM 2253C & HIM 2222C & consent of instructor . Prerequisite or Corequisite: HIM 2234C (if prerequisite, C or higher required) . Students must schedule an initial meeting with the Health Information Manager prior to registering for this course. This course will allow students to experience and practice abstracting, classification, coding and reimbursement in both a hospital and an alternate facility. Coding compliance plans, policies and procedures will be addressed. The student will use various types of coding and reimbursement equipment, software and reference materials in the respective facilities. The assignments are self-paced but generally require between 55-60 hours to fully complete.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisites: HIM 1800C & consent of instructor . Prerequisites or Corequisites: HIM 1012, HIM 2110 & HIM 2510 (if prerequisite, C or higher required) . Students must schedule an initial meeting with the Health Information Manager prior to registering for this course. This course provides students with supervised experience in an inpatient health information department. Students will gain hands-on practice in health information: analysis/statistics; forms; legal aspects (accreditation/licensure, request/release of confidential information, provider credentialing); indices and reqistries; vital statistics; quality management program; supervisory and management activities; reports; and meetings. This PPE requires approximately 55-60 hours to complete.
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor . Offered in classroom setting & on-line This course is designed to assist students in preparing to take the National Certification Examination for Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT). Each student will design a plan of study. Various study and test-taking strategies will be analyzed. Students will answer hundreds of questions designed to familiarize them with the type of information that is key for each task within the Domains, Subdomains and Tasks.
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