Sinclair Community College Health Information Management (HIM.S.

AAS)

HIM-2211 501 INPATIENT CODING Introduction to principles and coding conventions for using ICD-9-CM and/or ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS for coding inpatient records. Students should possess proficiency in medical terminology and human anatomy and physiology. Additional out-of-class assignments are required. Three classroom, two lab hours per week.

HIM-2252 500 PROF PRACTICE EXPERIENCE Practical application of health information management processes, including health information retrieval, qualitative and quantitative analysis of health data, record completion by practitioners, release of health information, document scanning, revenue cycle functions, coding, statistical reporting, hospital-wide and HIM department quality improvement and various other registries and department functions utilizing medical data. Ten directed practice hours per week at an approved off-site location.

HIM-2110 501 AMBULATORY CODING Introduction to principles, guidelines and conventions for assigning ICD-9-CM or ICD-10-CM diagnostic codes and CPT procedure codes to patient encounters for outpatient facility services. Students should possess proficiency in basic medical terminology and human anatomy and physiology. Additional out-of-class assignments are required. Three classroom, two lab hours per week.

HIM-2278 500 HIM CAPSTONE A variety of specially designed projects, student oral presentations, case studies, simulations, interviewing, resumes and two mock accreditation exams. Two lab hours per week.

HIM-2144 500 QUAL IMP STATS & RESEARCH Organization and analysis of data in health care quality programs including quality assessment and monitoring, utilization and risk management and medical staff credentialing. Theory and application of health care statistics including data definitions, computation of formulae and research principles. Two classrooms, two lab hours per week.

HIM-2165 500 HC DATA IN REIMBURSEMENT Organization of health care delivery system including managed care and capitation. Theory and use of reimbursement systems such as Diagnostic Related Groups, Ambulatory Payment Classifications, Resource-based Relative Value Scale. Discussion of data flow from admission to billing and analysis of casemix. In addition, other external forces, such as Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and Recovery Audit Contractors, will be discussed. Two classroom, two lab hours per week.

HIM-2145 300 HLTH INFO RESOURCE MGMT Planning, organizing, staffing, budgeting and analysis of management systems along with job standards and performance evaluations emphasizing development of supervisory management, leadership and communication skills. Two classroom, two lab hours per week

HIM-1217 335 ALT HLTH REC & REGISTRIES Organization and operation of a hospital cancer program emphasizing registry case finding, accession, indexing, abstracting and follow-up of cancer data. Purposes, uses and handling of health information, departmental and facility administration, licensing and accreditation requirements and introduction to payment systems in long-term care and home health care.

HIM-2233 145 HEALTHCARE INFO SYSTEMS An in-depth look at the use of information systems technology in the health care delivery system. Includes information security, electronic clinical systems and health records. Two classrooms, two lab hours per week.

HIM-1110 227 HEALTH INFO PROCESSING Foundations of health information management, the Health Information Management profession, including health care systems and organization of HIM functions, data quality, access and retention, patient and healthcare data and data collection methodologies. Discussion of classification systems, clinical vocabularies and nomenclatures. Two classroom, two lab hours per week.

HIM-1201 783 INTRO MED OFFICE CODING Introduction to principles, guidelines and conventions for assigning ICD-9-CM or ICD-10-CM diagnostic codes and CPT procedure codes to patient encounters for physician services. Additional out-of-class assignments are required.

HIM-135 TC MEDICOLEGL ASPCTS RECORDS Evaluation of health care records as legal documents; special emphasis on policies and procedures concerning release of medical information and protecting patient confidentiality; principles and organization of the judicial system; health care fraud and abuse and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations. Ethical issues in health care settings addressed. One classroom, two lab hours per week

ALH-219 02 GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY General principles of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, actions and effects presented according to conventional drug classification with emphasis on the prototype of each class; for registered nursing and medical assistant technology students but may be of interest to other allied health students or general studies students majoring in biological sciences.

HIM-260 TF ICD-9-CM MED OFFC CODING Introduction to principles, guidelines and conventions for assigning ICD-9-CM or ICD-10-CM diagnostic codes and CPT procedure codes to patient encounters for physician services. Additional out-of-class assignments are required.

HIM-122 TF SPECIAL MEDICAL TERM / HIM-121 TG BASIC MEDICAL TERM Basic prefixes, roots and suffixes; terminology including anatomic, diagnostic, symptomatic, procedural, eponym terms and standard abbreviations required for a working knowledge and understanding of the language of medicine.

PPE experience

1st segment (40 hours) - Long Term Care Maria-Joseph Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 4830 Salem Ave. Dayton, OH 45416 PPE Site Supervisor: Marcia Adenuga, HIM Specialist 937-278-2062 ext. 485

Orientation to Facility & HIM department Induction to Facility & HIM department HIM processes in LTC Discharged Records Review Health Information Analysis MDS and Chart Audit

2nd Segment (60 hours) - Acute care Miami Valley Hospital, 1 Wyoming St. Dayton, OH 45402 PPE Site Supervisor: Zoe Paxton, HIM manager 937-208-3896 Orientation to Facility & HIM department Filing and Retrieval Prepping, Scanning & Indexing Assembly & Analysis

Interview with an HIM Manager Physician Incomplete/Delinquent Record Process Medicolegal Process Evaluation of Competency Patient Registration Patient Accounts Statistics Questionnaire Transcription Processing Report Electronic Medical Record Activities and Questionnaire Privacy Officer/ HIPAA Questionnaire Clinical Data Abstracting in the Tumor/Cancer Registry Charge Description Master RAC Coordinator

HIM Curriculum

ALH 1140: Fundamentals of Disease Processes, 3 credit hours BIO 1121: Human Anatomy & Physiology I, 3 credit hours BIO 1222: Human Anatomy & Physiology II , 3 credit hours BIS 1120: Computer Concepts & Applications, 3 credit hours ENG 1101: English Composition I, 3 credit hours BIS 1221: Specialized Computer Applications for Health Information Management, 1 credit hour HIM 1101: Medical Terminology, 2 credit hours HIM 1110: Health Information Processing, 3 credit hours HIM 1165: Drug Classification for Coding, 1 credit hour HIM 1201: Introductory Medical Office Coding, 4 credit hours HIM 1204: Medicolegal & Ethics in Healthcare Records, 2 credit hours HIM 1217: Alternative Health Records & Registries, 3 credit hours HIM 2110: Ambulatory Coding, 4 credit hours HIM 2144: Quality Improvement, Statistics & Research, 3 credit hours HIM 2145: Health Information Resource Management, 3 credit hours HIM 2165: Healthcare Data in Reimbursement, 3 credit hours HIM 2211: Inpatient Coding, 4 credit hours HIM 2233: Healthcare Information Systems, 3 credit hours HIM 2252: Professional Practice Experience, 2 credit hours HIM 2278: Health Information Management Capstone, 1 credit hour