Textbooks

The following list of required textbooks is published in compliance with State of Arkansas General Assembly Act 175 of the 2007 Regular Session.

Summer 2008 

HIM 2202 - Registry Practice

Students do not purchase any textbooks; all materials are on loan from the Health Information Management department

HIM 1102 - Clinical Lab 2 

Johns, M.  (2006). Health Information Management:  An Applied Approach (2^nd ed.). Chicago: American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). ISBN 1584261412  

Johns, M.  (2006). Health Information Management: An Applied Approach Student Workbook (2^nd ed.).  Chicago:  American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). ISBN 1584261617    

Comprehensive textbook covering all aspects of the profession accompanied by a student workbook with a CD  

HIM 2305 - Intermediate Coding & Reimbursement

Casto, A.B., & Layman, E. (2006).  Principles of Healthcare Reimbursement. Chicago:  American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).  ISBN 158426070X 

Casto, A.B., and Layman, E. (2006).  Principles of Healthcare Reimbursement Student Workbook. Chicago:  American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).  ISBN 1584261749 

Students are required to have the textbook and the workbook for this reimbursement course. In-depth coverage of reimbursement methodologies, compliance, revenue cycle management, and third party payment systems with virtual applications and exercises 

HIM 2201 - Legal & Ethical Issues

McWay, D. (2003).  Legal Aspects of Health Information Management, 2^nd ed. Clifton Park, NY: Thomson Delmar Learning.  ISBN 0766825205    

Covers the American legal system, legal procedures and principles of liability as well as the control and use of patient specific health information including confidentiality and release of information.  Specialized areas of concern in health information are also presented to students as seen in healthcare today using case studies and scenarios.  Emerging areas in electronic technology are discussed such as telemedicine, digital imaging, and portable technologies of patient data where HIPAA and privacy are concerned  

HIM 1301 - Medical Terminology

Chabner, D. (2007). The Language of Medicine (8^th ed.).  Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders.  ISBN 1416034927     

Basic approach to medical terminology using repetition and an audio CD 

HIM 1304 - Pathophysiology

Tamparo, C.D. and Lewis, M.A.  (2005).   Diseases of the Human Body, 4^th ed.   Philadelphia: F.A. Davis.  ISBN 0803612451   

A study of common medical conditions of the human body organized by body system and disease condition.  Includes description, etiology, signs & symptoms, diagnostic procedures, treatment & alternative therapies, prognosis, and prevention
 

Fall 2008

HIM 1202 - Registry Principles

Students do not purchase any staging books or codebooks for the above cancer registry track; all of these materials for these courses are on loan from the Health Information Management department

HIM 1302 - Epidemiology 

Silva, I.  (1999). Cancer Epidemiology: Principles and Methods.   Lyon, France:  International Agency for Research on Cancer.  ISBN 928320405 

An introductory text that focuses on the basic principles and methods of epidemiologic research and practice.  It presents an overview of the history and theoretical basis of epidemiology, measures of morbidity and mortality, disease transmission and risk, major epidemiologic study designs, measures of association, sources of error including bias, confounding and interaction, evaluation of screening tests, inference and causality 

HIM 1103 - Professional Issues Seminar
HIM 1308 - Health Records Systems & Issues (HRSI)
HIM 2101 - Clinical Practice
*HIM 2301 - Quality 

Johns, M.  (2006). Health Information Management:  An Applied Approach (2^nd ed.). Chicago: American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). ISBN 1584261412  

Johns, M.  (2006). Health Information Management: An Applied Approach Student Workbook (2^nd ed.).  Chicago:  American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). ISBN 1584261617    

Comprehensive textbook covering all aspects of the HIM profession accompanied by a student workbook with a CD 

*Students in HIM 2301 ONLY must also have the following text:

Brassard, M. and Ritter, D.  (1994). The Memory Jogger II.  Methuen, MA:  Goal/QPC, INC. ISBN 1879364441    

HIM 1303 - ICD-9-CM Coding

The ICD-9 textbook and workbook are NOT printed until October 2008, thus the ISBN numbers are not yet available. 

Brown, Faye. (2009).   ICD-9-CM Coding Handbook Without Answers, revised ed.    American Hospital Association. Chicago:  AHA Press.  ISBN unavailable at this time    

Ingenix.   2009 Expert, Spiral Bound.   ICD-9-CM for Hospitals Codebook, Volumes 1, 2, & 3 and HCPCS.  ISBN unavailable at this time

Students are required to have the textbook and the workbook for this ICD-9-CM.  Students learn basic coding in-depth coverage of coding diagnoses and procedures, sequencing and analyzing actual health records and case scenarios to identify data elements to be coded.  Introduction to coding software, grouper software, basic principles of the Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS), ambulatory coding and Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG) assignment with virtual applications and exercises 

HIM 1301 - Medical Terminology 

Chabner, D. (2007). The Language of Medicine (8^th ed.).  Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders.  ISBN 1416034927     

Basic approach to medical terminology using repetition and an audio CD 

HIM 2303 - Data Management 

Horton, L. (2007). Calculating & Reporting Healthcare Statistics, 2^nd ed.   Chicago: American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).  ISBN 1584261668    

Presents the methodology for the management of basic data and healthcare statistics essential for the health information management professional.  HIM practitioners may be asked to collect data, analyze data or perform statistical calculations on an almost limitless number of rates or percentages of healthcare inpatients, outpatients or other types of healthcare facility clients

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