Sinclair Community College

Health Information Management

HIM Courses
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

HIM Course Descriptions

HIM 1101 Medical Terminology
Basic prefixes, roots and suffixed; terminology including anatomic, diagnostic,
symptomatic, procedural, eponymic terms and standard abbreviations required for a
working knowledge and understanding of the language of medicine.
HIM 1110 Health Information Processing
Foundations of health information management, the Health Information Management
profession, including health care system 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.
HIM 1165 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.
HIM 1201 Introductory Medical Office Coding
Introduction to principles, guidelines and conventions for assigning ICD-9-CM or ICD10-CM diagnostic codes and CPT procedure codes to patient encounters for physician
services.
HIM 1204 Medicolegal & Ethics in Healthcare Records
Evaluation of health care records as legal documents; special emphasis on policies and
procedures concerning release of medical information and protection 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.
HIM 1217 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.

HIM 2110 Ambulatory Coding

Introduction to principles, guidelines and conventions for assigning ICD-9-CM or ICD10-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.
HIM 2144 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.
HIM 2145 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.
HIM 2165 Healthcare Data in Reimbursement
Organization of health care delivery system including managed car 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.
HIM 2211 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.
HIM 2233 Healthcare Information Systems
An in-depth look at the use of information system s technology in the health care
delivery system. Includes information security, electronic clinical systems and health
records.

HIM 2252 Professional Practice Experience

Practical application of health information management processes, including health
information retrieval, qualitative and quantitative analysis of health data, record
completion by practioners, 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.
HIM 2278 Health Information Management Capstone
A variety of specially designed projects, student oral presentations, case studies,
simulations, interviewing, resumes and two mock accreditation exams.