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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: READ 011, ENGL 009, MATH 009, or recentered SAT Verbal score of (R)420 or greater, or appropriate placement scores. This course is designed to acquaint students with the specialized language of medicine by focusing on the precise communication required by practitioners in medicine (i.e., health information managers, physical therapists, nurses, surgical technologists, occupational therapists, respiratory care practitioners, dental hygienists, doctors, etc.) and related fields. After memorizing the word elements (prefixes, suffices, and combining forms), and being taught the correlation between word elements, abbreviations and symbols with the basic anatomy, physiology and disease processes of the human body, students will be able to quickly recognize medical word meanings and understand medical reports. This course is a transferIN course. 3 lecture hours.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisites: HIMT 100 and 110. Emphasizes acquiring basic knowledge and skills in health statistics and health data systems. 1 lecture hour, 3 laboratory hours.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisites: HIMT 100 and 110. Discusses concepts and principles of laws, discusses concepts and principals of ethics, health record as a legal document, confidential communication, consents, and authorization release of information and current trends in health legislation. 2 lecture hours.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: HIMT 121 and 130. Designed to provide hands-on experience at an affiliate facility in admissions, filing/numbering systems, discharge analysis, health statistics, tumor registry and release of information. 32 professional experience hours per week during the second summer session. 160 practicum hours.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisites: HIMT 190, LFSC/LFSL 111, and LFSC/LFSL 112. Continues study of health records with emphasis on nomenclature, coding and indexing, sequencing of diagnoses and procedures, DRG's and prospective payment system, emphasis on ICD-9-CM coding. 2 lecture hours, 6 laboratory hours.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Successful completion of or concurrent enrollment in HIMT 110, MGMT 240, OADM 230, ENGL 101, and LFSC/LFSL 111. Nomenclature and classification systems used in health care facilities will be discussed with emphasis on procedures and guidelines for assigning ICD-9- CM codes to diseases, conditions and procedures. 2 lecture hours, 6 laboratory hours.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisites: HIMT 200, 211, 212. Advanced sequencing of diagnosis and procedures, coding principles as they apply to coding for prospective payment, and HCPCS coding principles will be discussed with emphasis on CPT coding. Students will acquire hands-on experience with outpatient chart and computer coding, plus reimbursement methodology. Intensive 8-week course preceding HIMT 240. 3 lecture hours, 3 laboratory hours.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisites: HIMT 110, LFSC 108. Corequisite: LFSC 109. Introduces fundamentals of machine transcription. Emphasizes acquiring speed and accuracy in transcribing history and physical reports, consultations, discharge summaries, operative reports, death summaries, etc. in various medical specialties. Stresses proficiency in using standard references, such as medical dictionaries and drug indexes. Utilizes digital dictation by doctors with emphasis on accuracy of the completed report. Additional pharmacology and laboratory value information included. Internet Delivery Only. 2 class hours.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Successful completion of or concurrent enrollment in HIMT 110, COMP 202, OADM 230, ENGL 101, and LFSC/LFSL 111. This is a self-paced course that introduces the various forms in a basic medical office. Emphasis is placed on letters, instruments, lab reports, pharmacology, transcription career, resumes, etc. Recommend that student be able to demonstrate correct English usage, applying the rules of proper grammar, punctuation and style, using correct spelling and logical sentence structure. 3 class hours.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Successful completion of or concurrent enrollment in HIMT 206, ACCT 100, and SPCH 143. The study of medical transcription with proficiency in using standard references, such as medical dictionaries and drug indexes. Utilizes taped dictation by doctors with emphasis on accuracy of the completed report (utilizing various software). 1 lecture hour, 6 laboratory hours.
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