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Health Information Management

Fundamentals of Disease Processes

Human Anatomy & Physiology I
Human Anatomy & Physiology II
Specialized Computer Applications for Health Information Management
English Composition I
Medical Terminology
Health Information Processing
Drug Classification for Coding
Introductory Medical Office Coding
Medicolegal & Ethics in Healthcare Records
Alternative Health Records & Registries
Ambulatory Coding
Quality Improvement, Statistics & Research
Health Information Resource Management
Healthcare Data in Reimbursement
Inpatient Coding
Healthcare Information Systems
Professional Practice Experience
Health Information Management Capstone
Interpersonal Communication
General Psychology
Beginning Algebra

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Fundamentals of Disease Processes: Pathological changes associated with the most commonly
occurring diseases of each body system. Correlates changes with patient's response, diagnostic
studies, and treatment modalities.
Human Anatomy & Physiology I: The first course in a two-semester sequence studying the
structure and function of the human body. Topics include introductory terminology, biochemistry,
cytology, the integumentary system, the skeletal system, the muscular system, the nervous system
and the endocrine system.
Human Anatomy & Physiology II: The second course in a two-semester sequence studying
the structure and function of the human body. Topics include the cardiovascular system, the
lymphoid system, immunity, the digestive system, the urinary system and the reproductive system.
Specialized Computer Applications for Health Information Management: Introduces
students to personal computer concepts including hardware, system software, application
software, and the Internet. Learn the components of computer systems and develop a broad
understanding of computer hardware and emerging technologies. Students will be introduced to
Office application software (word processing, spreadsheets, presentation software, and
databases,) and specific features of those applications for medical reports, narrating
presentations, Autofilters, form creation and software integration will be applied.
English Composition I: In English Composition I students learn reflective, analytical and
argumentative writing strategies, incorporating sources and personal experience. Students will
negotiate between public and private rhetorical situations and purposes to achieve academic
literacy. They will write multiple drafts using a recursive writing process as they work toward
fluency in style and mechanics.
Medical Terminology: Basic prefixes, roots and suffixes; terminology including anatomic,
diagnostic, symptomatic, procedural, eponymic terms and standard abbreviations required for a
working knowledge and understanding of the language of medicine.
Health Information 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.
Drug Classification for Coding: An overview of the major drug classifications, common drugs
in each class, conditions for which drugs are administered and their general effects to assist
medical coders in analyzing health care documentation for coding and reimbursement
applications.
Introductory Medical 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.
Medicolegal & Ethics in Healthcare Records: Evaluation of health care records as legal
documents; special emphasis on policies and procedures concerning release of medical

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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.
Alternative Health Records & 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.
Ambulatory Coding: Introduction to principles, guidelines and conventions for assigning ICD9-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.
Quality Improvement, Statistics & 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
Health Information Resource Management: 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.
Healthcare 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.
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.
Healthcare Information 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.
Professional 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.

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Health Information Management Capstone: A variety of specially designed projects, student
oral presentations, case studies, simulations, interviewing, resumes and two mock accreditation
exams.
Interpersonal Communication: Exploration of the development, maintenance and termination
of interpersonal relationships. The focus is on effective verbal and nonverbal interactions
between two people, highlighting methods of initiating and maintaining effective communication
with, and understanding of, others through learning and applying interpersonal communication
theory.
General Psychology: University-parallel course covering history and systems of psychology,
behavioral research methods, physiology of behavior, sensation, perception, learning, memory,
consciousness, cognition, personality, lifespan development, gender, social psychology,
motivation, emotion, stress, mental disorders and therapies.
Beginning Algebra: Brief review of pre-algebra skills; simplifying algebraic expressions;
solving first-degree equations and applied problems; introduction to graphing and graphing
lines; systems of linear equations in two and three variables and applied problems; first-degree
inequalities and applied problems; compound inequalities and set operations; absolute value
equations and inequalities; two-variable inequalities and systems of inequalities and applied
problems.