Health Information Management - AAS

Basic pharmacology for students pursuing allied health professions-basic drugs as related to diseases, effects of drugs on different systems of the body, interaction of drugs, side effects, contraindications and effectiveness in relation to dosages.

Basic structure and function of the human body. Four hours lecture and four hours laboratory per week.
Pre-Reqs: BI101 or BI104 or BI105 or BI112, or BI100 Bas Cncpt for AH Studies with a grade of C or better

Training and participation in using the steps necessary to effectively manage people and solve human relation problems with attention to motivation of self as well as other people.

Computer use within the healthcare industry: includes computer hardware, software,databases,security, privacy, storage and other computer related systems. Focus is on health information technicians, administrative and clinical systems as well as Electronic Health Records (EHRs).

Lab providing overview of the health information profession; experience in assembly, analysis, and filing of health records; data entry and abstracting of health information; indices; filing of reportable events.
Pre-Reqs: Departmental Consent

Introduction to the health care field and health records with emphasis on the roles of health professionals, functions of the health information department, content and analysis of health records in a variety of health care settings and storage and retrieval of health information and common registries.
Pre-Reqs: Departmental Consent

Elements of medical language including common abbreviations. Emphasis is placed on spelling, pronunciation, correct usage, and meaning relating to body systems, medical science, and medical specialties.

Introduction to the U.S. legal system, laws and ethical issues and how they relate to healthcare.
Pre-Reqs: HR103 Intro to Health Information, or Departmental Consent

Learning experience designed to give students the opportunity to practice skills learned in health information courses to help prepare students to perform technical functions required in a Health Information Department.
Pre-Reqs: HR100 Health Record Application I, and HR103 Intro to Health Information, and HR107 Legal Aspects of Health Information

Machine transcription of medical reports that make up the health record emphasizing spelling, accuracy of terminology, proofreading, neatness and format of report.
Pre-Reqs: HR105 Medical Terminology, and BI103 Human A&P, or Departmental Consent

Introduction to quality management concepts with emphasis on performance improvement; utilization and risk management.
Pre-Reqs: IS104 Microcomputer Applications, or Departmental Consent

Current Procedural Terminology (CPR) Coding, ICD Coding for outpatient surgery and the physician's office and reimbursement issues involved in ambulatory care.
Pre-Reqs: HR105 Medical Terminology, or Departmental Consent

Supervised learning experience designed to give the student the opportunity to practice skills learned from the classroom and application courses. Health information projects assigned give the students expertise in technical functions (e.g., ICD coding and MS-DRG assignment, CPT coding, record management in alternate care facilities, quality improvement and utilization management, cancer registries, health statistics).
Pre-Reqs: HR222 ICD-10-CM/PCS Coding I, and HR214 Health Statistics, and HR217 Health Records Applications II

Etiologies, signs, symptoms, courses and complications of diseases, and the modern practices of diagnosis and treatment.
Pre-Reqs: HR105 Medical Terminology, and BI103 Human A&P

Health data collection including acceptable terminology, computational methodology and display of health data used in healthcare statistics.

Supervised learning experience with credentialed health-information practitioners in an approved facility emphasizing acting independently, completing assigned projects, practicing professionalism and demonstrating an understanding of health-information concepts.
Pre-Reqs: Departmental Consent

Reimbursement methodologies for inpatient hospital and physician office billing.
Pre-Reqs: HR222 ICD-10-CM/PCS Coding I, and HR210 CPT Coding, or Departmental Consent

Laboratory in applying release of information policies and procedures; computation of health care statistics, and principles of supervision.
Pre-Reqs: HR107 Legal Aspects of Health Information, and HR214 Health Statistics, or BU203 Principles of Supervision

Laboratory designed to give the students experience in Prospective Payment Systems concepts and case mix, quality management and utilization review; application of management principles.
Pre-Reqs: HR208 Quality Management, and HR216 Reimbursement Methodologies, or Departmental Consent

Basic coding principles utilizing the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) and the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Procedure Classification System (ICD-10-PCS) for the identification, coding, and sequencing of principal, primary, and secondary diagnoses; diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
Pre-Reqs: HR105 Medical Terminology, and BI103 Human A&P, or Departmental Consent

A continuation of HR222 ICD-10-CM/PCS Coding I. This course continues the instruction in coding principles utilizing the International classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) and the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Procedure Classification System (ICD-10-PCS) for the identification, coding and sequencing of principal, primary, and secondary diagnoses: diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
Pre-Reqs: HR222 ICD-10-CM/PCS Coding I, or Departmental Consent

Lab in manual and automated encoding; specialized records; utilizing the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) and the international Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Procedure Classification System (ICD-10-PCS); International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, 3rd Edition (ICD-03) and Cancer Registry activities; Current Procedural Terminology (CPT), Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DSM-IV) and other codin g systems.
Pre-Reqs: HR222 ICD-10-CM/PCS Coding I, or Departmental Consent

Microcomputers and various software applications; hardware and software selection, integration, and implementation; fundamentals of operating systems, word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and computer problem solving.