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4.00 Credits
Focuses specifically on a physician's office or outpatient facility. The students will learn the history of coding, what part HIPAA plays in the administration of coding and the appropriate use of the ICD-9-CM to find diagnoses, co-morbidities and complications for billing purposes. Case studies are used to simulate the real-life circumstances of an office. Prerequisite: ME 181 & ME 182 is recommended, but may be taken concurrently. People who are currently working in the medical field may qualify for the course without completing ME 181.
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4.00 Credits
A continuation of Medical Coding I, the students will use the ICD-9-CM to find the primary and secondary diagnoses and the CPT to appropriately bill the office calls and procedures encountered in the office or outpatient facility. The HCPCS will be used to code and bill supplies, medicines, durable medical equipment, pathology and laboratory reports, etc. Upon completion, the students will have obtained knowledge about coding and billing any encounter a patient may have in a doctor's office, with an ambulance service, an outpatient center or any facility other than a hospital. Prerequisite: ME 200
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4.00 Credits
Provides students with the necessary skills to manage the front office. Emphasis is placed on patient communication, clerical skills, operational procedures records management, charting, patient history reports, diagnostic and procedural coding, and insurance. Prerequisite: Word I WP 254
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4.00 Credits
Presents a detailed knowledge of the structure and function of the muscular system, nervous system, respiratory system, nerve tissue, brain and spinal cord, and sense organs. Emphasis is placed on normal anatomy and physiology of these systems in order to understand clinical applications of the disordered physiology of these systems. Prerequisite: ME 184
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4.00 Credits
Presents a detailed knowledge of the structure and function of the urinary, endocrine, reproductive, and circulatory systems, with emphasis on the lymphatic and cardiovascular systems. Special emphasis is placed on normal anatomy and physiology of these systems in order to understand the clinical applications of disordered physiology. Prerequisite: ME 280
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4.00 Credits
Summarizes all previous clinical and laboratory courses allowing for additional skill development. Course work includes obtaining CPR certification and administering medication by various injection techniques. Accurate techniques and professionalism are stressed, along with medical law and ethics. Students will be required to participate in random drug tests at their own expense before their externship placement. Please see the college website for additional information. Prerequisite: ME 282 & ME 285
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4.00 Credits
Entails the identification or definition of a disease and establishing its etiology or cause. It is also involved with discussing which populations are at risk, what the signs and symptoms are, and what the prognosis or outcome will be. After the disease has been totally investigated, the possible treatments are discussed. This class is beneficial in helping the students understand the disease process and how this process can be interrupted by the use of medications, therapies, or surgeries to help improve the health of the patient.
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4.00 Credits
Process of Disease II is similar in structure to ME 284 except different systems are covered. The students will be involved in discovering the etiology of diseases, some of the signs and symptoms of diseases, what the prognosis of diseases are and what treatments may be used to help cure or arrest diseases. This is beneficial in helping the students to understand the process a disease follows when it attacks the body.
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4.00 Credits
Provides knowledge of how to build patient files, post procedures and diagnosis codes and their meaning when filing insurance forms, schedule and cancel appointments, post hospital procedure codes, do billing routines, and post payments and adjustments to various accounts with the use of a computerized medical management program. Prerequisite: WP 150
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0.00 Credits
Assigns advanced students to work in medical offices or clinical settings to receive an actual in-service experience. Prerequisite: A minimum grade of C in major subject areas is necessary to participate.
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