Course Descriptions

This course is a continuation of coding guidelines using the current procedural classification systems. Students will practice assigning procedure codes to clinical information found in a health record while maintaining ethical coding standards.

This course is a continuation of coding guidelines using current procedural classification systems. Students practice assigning procedure codes to clinical information found in an inpatient healthcare record while maintaining ethical coding standards.

This course provides students with an understanding of fundamental concepts of pathological conditions and therapeutics associated with multiple medical conditions. A working knowledge of the nature and cause of disease processes, including etiology, signs, symptoms and diagnostic evaluation, is covered. Appropriate treatment modalities are covered for each body system, including pharmacological, preventative, palliative, therapeutic and surgical. This allows health information professionals to apply diagnosis and treatment knowledge to code assignment according to current guidelines.

This course is a continuation of coding guidelines using current procedural classification systems. Students practice assigning procedure codes to clinical information found in outpatient healthcare records while maintaining ethical coding standards.

This course covers the components of quality improvement systems in healthcare, such as quality assessments, performance improvement and risk management.

This course provides instruction in management principles from a health information management (HIM) viewpoint, providing a foundation for management practice and decision making. In addition to theories of management, budgeting, staffing and performance management are studied.

This course covers the current revenue cycle systems used in the healthcare industry, from initial patient encounter to receipt of payment.

This course is a continuation of coding guidelines using the current International Classification of Diseases. Students practice assigning diagnosis codes to clinical information found in a health record while maintaining ethical coding standards.

This course provides advanced cases for students to code utilizing various classification systems, with added emphasis on evaluating and auditing code assignment.

This course provides an in-depth look into the management of healthcare data and how this data is used for analysis, statistics and graphical representation.

This course assists students in the development of a personal plan to prepare for a nationally recognized medical coding certification exam. This course is taken during a student’s final semester.

This course provides students with professional practice experience within the field of health information under the supervision of a qualified health information professional.

This course assists students in the development of a personal plan to prepare for the Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) certification examination offered by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). This course should be taken during a student's final semester.

This course provides a high-level, experiential overview of the basic aspects of various healthcare-related fields of study. Topics include communication, awareness and sensitivity, successful behaviors in a healthcare setting, healthcare ethics, safety and standard precautions, legal issues in healthcare, diversity in a healthcare setting, handling patient records, and career exploration.

The course introduces the building of medically rooted words, including prefixes and suffixes. A foundation is created for the continued development of medical and health vocabulary for students desiring programs in health-related fields. The student learns to spell, pronounce, define, analyze and formulate terminology related to body structure, disease process, diagnosis and treatment.