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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: EDHS 1401 or consent of department. Introduces the concepts od numeric classification of disease and trauma. Begins the instruction in diagnostic coding techniques utilized by all health care practitioners, reimburesement, and tracking administrators. The primary focus is to use the ICD-coding texts in conjunction with knowledge of the medical terminology to code relatively simple examples of insurance claims. Also included are lectures covering governmental and third-party rules and regulations.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: EDHS 1401, 1402, 2401, or consent of department. Continues instruction in the concepts of numeric classification of disease and trauma. Covers classifications of specific disease processes and trauma. Students are introduced to how and when to use five digit codes, how to sequence diagnoses and the fundamentals of the "linking processes" between ICD-CM and CPT codes. Also teachesstudents to identify complications and comorbidity for coding purposes. Emphasis will be placed on coding more complicated claims, i.e., operating room reports, transplant reports, c-section reports.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: EDHS 2401 or consent of department. Introduces students to the three levels of current procedural terminology coding necessary for proper tracking of health care methodologies and reimbursement. A special emphasis is placed on the detail required in the medical record to properly code health care procedures. Covers medical codes for the folllowing: evaluation and management, anesthesia, and surgery.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: EDHS 2403 or consent of department. Continues instruction in the numeric classification of procedural coding. Teaches sequencing of HCPCS codes Levels I and II. Course covers the following systems: digestive, urinary, male/female genital, endocrine, nervous, eye and ear. Additionally, medicine, radiology, and pathology are discussed. Specialty billing codes such as drug, durable equipment, ambulance provider, etc., are presented.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: EDHS 1420. Teaches those medical office management systems necessary for a successful medical practice. Covers accounting processes, strategies for maintaining good patient relations, record keeping and methodologies, importance of good reception techniques, pre-certification and utilization review procedures, and handling of medical records. Knowledge and use of various office forms, as well as differences between manual and computerized billing systems are included.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: EDHS 1420. Teaches the importance of medical records. It begins with the definitions and descriptions of the various types of documents considered to be medical records; continues with instructions on how to file, store, retrieve, view, retain, and manage medical records. Also teachers governmental and other third-party rules and regulations governing the management and handling of medical records.
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3.00 Credits
Provides general information about the structure and function of the American legal system and its relationship to the health care industry. Teaches the rules and regulations surrounding "fraud"and "abuse" as currently defined in the health care industry. It alsoprovides information concerning medical office accounting procedures for billing, bad debt, insurance handling, and other monetary regulations. Also teaches students how to professionally instruct their supervisors to provide proper coding documentation.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
A course dealing with CPR and other procedures to be employed in first aid treatment, including: wounds, shock, poisoning, and fractures. One hour of lecture and one hour of laboratory.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the relationship of health and nutrition, with special emphasis on the investigation of the relationship of nutrition and educational problems. The course is designed to provide a basic understanding of nutrition science and human behavior in an attempt to make research findings applicable in daily nutrition in the lives of children. An effort will be made to bridge the gap between the science of nutrition and its practical application to food consumption and healthful selectivity.
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3.00 Credits
Designed to provide information concerning drugs which affect the body and the action or reaction of the body to these drugs. In addition, societal as well as personal influences which contribute to drug use will be studied.
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