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Course Criteria
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This course will provide the student with instruction and hands-on application of advanced ICD-9-CM coding conventions and applications including inpatient services.
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This course will provide the student with advanced instruction and hands-on application of CPT coding for the physician office and outpatient services.
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This introductory-level medical transcription course provides American Association of Medical Transcriptionists program objectives. These objectives include grammar, spelling, technology, quality assurance, career skills, and professional development skills particular to the medical transcriptionist.
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This course focuses on the fundamentals of health insurance and the processing of claims. Basic health insurance and major medical benefits are explored. Simulation of medical office billing software will be used to enhance the student's understanding of the details used in medical insurance billing. Various types of insurance, third party payers and common billing problems will be included.
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This course will introduce the student to the scope of practice of the medical coder/biller. Emphasis will be on the structure and origin of the ICD-9-CM and CPT coding systems along with their basic rules and regulations. The focus of this course will be on coding rules for the CPT, ICD-9-CM, and Level II (HCPCS) coding with additional topics of insurance fraud and abuse.
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This course emphasizes the fundamentals of the human disease process. It introduces important terminology, inflammation and allergy, neoplasia, heredity and disease, dietary factors and diseases, infectious diseases, and introduces students to the major diseases associated with each body system. Recognition of drug names and drug classes; understand drug actions and the rationale for treatment; discern between sound-alike drugs; understand side effects, allergic effects and other effects of drugs; addresses various healthcare issues relating to pharmacology.
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This course provides the student with medical transcription experience. Student will be able to demonstrate the ability to transcribe from original dictation representing various specialties, authors, and formats. In this process, they will utilize knowledge gained from previous transcription courses to research diseases and/or conditions, related procedures, and treatments; this information will be transcribed, proofread, and submitted to a contracted transcription company.
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This course provides the student with coding simulation experience. Students will be able to demonstrate the ability to code from source documents using both diagnostic and procedural coding. In this process, they will utilize knowledge gained from previous coding courses to research diseases and/or conditions, related procedures, and treatments; this information will be abstracted from source documents and presented in audit format.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an overview of health information management and professional development. Emphasis will be the role, purpose, and forms of medical records and related legal and ethical issues, basic employability skills, health delivery systems, and interviewing techniques for career development. Additionally, the course provides an overview of reimbursement for health care services.
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3.00 Credits
This course includes the law, ethics, and compliance issues associated with health information management. The course will demonstrate the accreditation, licensing, and certification process, apply legal concepts to current health information management issues, and address regulatory monitoring and regulations for compliance. Ethical issues that arise in the area of health information management will be evaluated and application of ethical decision-making tools utilized.
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