Catalog 2021-22 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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HIM 103 - Intro to Health Services 3.00 credits
Introduction to health services with a focus on understanding the healthcare system including financing of healthcare, organizations and settings, non-financial resources and evaluation, regulation, and assessment. Prerequisite: WRI 095 or WRI 121 or placement into WRI 121.
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HIM 104 - Intro to Health Data and Content I 2.00 credits
This course provides an overview of healthcare delivery systems and health information fields. Includes origin and uses of health records, admitting functions, filing and numbering systems, interdepartmental communication, and computation of basic census data, micrograph concepts, and electronic data interchange. Lab will include application of healthcare procedures via a web-based virtual lab.
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HIM 105 - Legal & Ethical Aspects of Healthcare 3.00 credits
Introduces the legal basis for medical practice, confidentiality, HIPAA, voluntary and involuntary release of medical information, professional liability, consents for treatment and other procedures, and medical-ethical issues.
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HIM 106 - Health Data Content & Structure II 4.00 credits
This course covers the importance of accurate and timely heath record documentation. Addresses fundamental health record documentation requirements and practices in a variety of healthcare settings. Topics include information governance, electronic heath records and health IT, and clinical documentation improvement, and real-world, hands-on experience with Neehr Perfect software. Prerequisite: HIM 104.
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HIM 131 - Medical Coding 4.00 credits
This course is the introduction to developing an understanding of coding and classification systems, particularly ICD-9-CM, ICD-10-CM, and CPT, in order to assign valid diagnostic and procedure codes. Students will analyze current regulations and established guidelines in clinical classification systems; determine the diagnoses and procedures that require coding for acute care (inpatient) and outpatient services; interpret conventions, formats, instructional notations, tables, and definitions of the classification system to select diagnoses, conditions, problems or other reasons for the encounter that require coding to include the procedures/services that require coding; and determine sequence of diagnoses and procedures. Recommended: MDA 101 and start the BIO 231, BIO 232, and BIO 233 series.
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HIM 180 - Coop Wk Exp: HIM Prof Prac Exp I 2.00 credits
Provides practicum experience in health information management functions utilizing medical record technologies in a classroom simulation and/or under the direct supervision of facility personnel in local health care facilities.
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HIM 204 - Healthcare Delivery & Technology 3.00 credits
This course provides analysis of the common terms and procedures related to the development and implementation of information systems, specifically networks and interfaces, in reference to the EHR, the personal health record, PHR, public health, and other administrative applications systems. Database architecture and design along with systems analysis and database informatics will also be covered, in addition to an overview of healthcare and its relationship to technology. Prerequisite: HIM 106.
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HIM 205 - Health Info and Data Governance 3.00 credits
This course applies qualitative and quantitative analysis of the health record in all settings that are based on accreditation, standards, licensing, and certifying agencies. Students will learn the core enterprise information management (EIM) domains and associated practice for heath information and data governance. Prerequisite: HIM 204.
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HIM 210 - Disease Process 3.00 credits
This course introduces the student to concepts related to human diseases. The most common diseases and disorders of each body system are presented along with a review of the anatomy and physiology pertinent to the content. Discussion will include cause, pathological features, physical signs and symptoms, diagnostic procedures, and current preferred treatment. Additionally, the effects of aging on the system and the relationship of aging to diseases are presented. Prerequisites: BIO 231 and BIO 232 and BIO 233 and MDA 101 and MDA 102.
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HIM 212 - Intro to Pharmaceuticals 3.00 credits
This course covers appropriate medication use, the effects of medication, dangers and precautions, and routes of administration. Reviews common prescription abbreviation, forms of medications, and basic drug categories.
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HIM 231 - CPT Coding 3.00 credits
This course expands on the understanding of coding and classification systems, particularly CPT and HCPCS, in order to assign valid procedure codes. Students will analyze current regulations and established guidelines in clinical classification systems; determine the procedures that require; interpret conventions, formats, instructional notations, tables, and definitions of the classification system and/or nomenclature to select diagnoses, conditions, problems or other reasons for the encounter that require coding, and determine the sequence of diagnoses and procedures.
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HIM 232 - Medical Insurance & Billing Applications 4.00 credits
Students will learn accurate processing of health insurance claims. Thorough instructions in all aspects of medical insurance including plan options, payor requirements, state and federal regulations, abstracting of documents, accurate completion of claims, coding diagnoses and procedures. Determine the accuracy of abstracted data elements for data base integrity and claims processing. Includes contemporary prospective payment systems and key health plans, charge master maintenance, and evaluation of fraudulent billing practices. ICD-10-CM, CPT-4 and HCPCS will be reviewed and there will be hands-on application of the EncoderPro and SimClaim software. Prerequisites: HIM 131 and HIM 231.
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HIM 234 - Advanced Medical Coding 3.00 credits
This course promotes the advanced understanding of coding and classification systems, particularly ICD-10-CM, and CPT and HCPCS, and introduction and application of ICD-10-PCS, in order to assign valid diagnostic and procedure codes. Diagnostic and procedural coding continues at an advanced level of hands-on application and classification with considerable time spent abstracting, coding, and indexing diagnostic and procedure codes. Prerequisites: HIM 131 and HIM 231.
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HIM 272 - HIM Leadership and Management 3.00 credits
Covers principles of personnel supervision and management of a health information department.
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HIM 275 - Quality Improvement in Healthcare 3.00 credits
This course investigates application and analysis of quality management, utilization management, risk management, and their related studies. Also covered is the analysis of clinical data to identify trends that demonstrate quality, safety, and effectiveness of the healthcare system. Abstraction of data for facility-wide quality management and performance improvement programs is also presented. In addition review of registries (cancer, disease, diabetes), indexes, and databases are attained.
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HIM 280 - Coop Wk Exp: HIM Prof Prac II 3.00 credits
Provides practicum experience in health information management functions utilizing medical record technologies in a classroom simulation and/or under the direct supervision of facility personnel in local health care facilities.
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HIM 292 - Exam Review - EHR 1.00 credits
This review will help prepare students for the national examination. Students will review core curriculum as essential domains of learning. Practice exams will be administered to familiarize students with the types of questions and formats encountered on these exams. Completion of the HIM AAS degree is required.
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HIM 293 - Exam Review- CBS 1.00 Credit
This review will help prepare students for the national examination in coding and billing. Students will review core curriculum as essential domains of learning. Practice exams will be administered to familiarize students with the types of questions and formats encountered on these exams. Completion of the HIM AAS degree is required.
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