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Course Descriptions
HIM 1101 - Clinical Laboratory I
The student will be given the opportunity to correlate the didactic
experience of previous courses with on-site and on-campus laboratory
learning experience.
HIM 1102 - Clinical Laboratory II
The student will be given the opportunity to correlate the didactic
experience of previous courses with on-site and on-campus laboratory
learning experience.
HIM 1103 - Professional Issues
Seminar
Introduction to the HIM profession, ethics, and professional
organizations. Concepts of professionalism. Overview of basic skills
required for the profession. Group and team building processes.
HIM 1201 - Transcription Laboratory
Transcription of physician-dictated reports, representing body
systems and medical specialties. Word processing and on-line digital
dictation will be used by the student.
HIM 1202 - Registry Principles & Practice (2 SC hrs)
Introduction to basic registry operations which include hospital
registries and central registries, basics of staging and classification
systems used in cancer registries, overview of the survey process,
procedures, requirements, and standards of a registry and
accreditation. Topics are: statistics, reporting, data sets, data
editing, quality control, case-finding principles, cancer committees,
cancer conferences, agency reporting, legal issues, and confidentiality.
HIM 1301 - Medical Terminology
Introduction to the language of medicine. Emphasis is on terminology
of all anatomical body systems, roots of words, suffixes, prefixes, and
correlation with basic anatomy and physiology classes.
HIM 1302 -
Epidemiology
(3 SC hrs)
Instruction in cancer disease processes, physiologic changes, and
functions in the human body resulting from cancer. Includes study of
laboratory, pathology, diagnostic, radiologic, and surgical procedures
as well as tumor markers and other treatment modalities. Surveillance,
cancer control, and patient care evaluation are introduced.
HIM 1303 - Classification Systems
(ICD-9-CM)
Introduction to ICD-9-CM coding and classification system.
Instruction in coding diagnoses and procedures, sequencing and analyzing
actual medical records to identify data elements to be coded.
Introduction to coding software, grouper software, and an emphasis on
basic principles of Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS),
ambulatory coding and Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) assignment.
HIM 1304 - Pathophysiology with
Pharmacology
Common pathological conditions of the organ systems and the drugs of
choice used in their treatment.
HIM 1307 - Applied Systems
Application of methods for implementing and managing health
information systems in acute and ambulatory health care environments.
HIM 1308 - Health Record Systems and
Issues
Basic concepts and functions in health information management to include
development, storage, and maintenance of the health record in the health
care delivery systems environment.
HIM 2101 - Clinical Practice
The student will be given the opportunity to correlate the didactic
experience of previous advanced courses with on-site and on-campus
laboratory learning experience.
HIM 2102 - Problem Solving Seminar
Examination of the latest trends in health information management.
Use of case studies for problem solving responses to management and
supervisory issues.
HIM 2201 - Legal and Ethical Issues
The health record as a confidential legal document; legal
principles, policies, regulations and standards for the control and use
of health information. The basic structure of the federal and state
court system. Definition and application of professional ethics and
consideration of contemporary legal and ethical issues.
HIM 2202 - Registry Professional
Practice (2 SC hrs)
Directed practice provides hands-on experience in all aspects of
registry operations. Supervised practiced in a hospital registry
includes skill and understanding in registry management, data collection
and abstracting, coding and staging, follow-up, data utilization and
reporting, computer applications, and quality assessment. The clinical
rotations include 11 hours of directed practice each week during the
15-week semester.
HIM 2203 - Preceptorship
The student will be given the opportunity to correlate the didactic
experiences of previous and concurrent courses with on-site and
on-campus laboratory learning experiences. Application of operational
management theory and orientation to all aspects of practice as a
supervisor of a health information department component in a hospital,
long term care or ambulatory setting. Includes student project(s).
HIM 2301 - Quality in Health Care
Purpose, philosophy and processes of improving organizational
performance through quality assessment, credentialing, utilization
management, and risk management. Use of quality improvement tools for
case review, data collection, data display, and data analysis.
HIM 2302 - Expanded Coding (CPT-4)
Introduction to nomenclature and classification systems with
instruction in coding procedures with the CPT/HCPCS system. Coding data
quality issues and methodology are introduced and related to the
reimbursement system.
HIM 2303 - Data Management and
Statistics
Computation and interpretation of healthcare statistics. Report
generation, data display and data analysis.
HIM 2304 - Supervisory Management
Supervisory principles of a health care information service. Review
of specific human resource management functions including communication,
motivation, and supervision. Review of budgets, staffing schedules,
policies, procedures, and productivity. Analysis of case study examples
from health information departments, in the inpatient, ambulatory, and
physician office environments.
HIM 2305 - Intermediate Coding &
Reimbursement
Application of advanced guidelines of ICD-9-CM, CPT/HCPCS, and
coding in the prospective payment and managed care environments for
acute and ambulatory care reimbursement.
HIM 2306 - Staging and Classification
(3 SC hrs)
In-depth study and practice of oncology coding and staging systems.
Course covers International Classification of Diseases for Oncology (ICD-O);
Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Summary Staging; and
American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging nomenclatures and
classification systems. Abstracting principles and coding systems are
emphasized using workbooks and actual patient records. Cancer staging
software applications are introduced.
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