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Jan 15, 2025
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2023-2024 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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HIMT 2192 - Clinical Coding Professional Practice Experience I
Credits: 3
Through this course, students will develop an understanding of coding and classification systems to assign valid diagnostic and/or procedure codes. It will include the validation of coded clinical information and case mix/severity of illness data. Students will complete coding case studies utilizing a logic-based encoder and coding references. Medical records coded in this course include cases covering the following body systems and coding categories: integumentary system, musculoskeletal system, digestive system, and respiratory system. Students will identify strategies to ensure data integrity, compliance with documentation requirements, and privacy of health information.
Prerequisite: HIMT 2730 , HIMT 2740 , AND BIO 2103 all with a “C” or higher
Corequisite: HIMT 2392 AND HIMT 2792
Additional Info: All three Clinical Coding Professional Practice Experience courses are a virtual professional practice experience (PPE), the courses run in 5-week sessions in the same semester. Offered by the Middlesex campus of the CT State Community College only; the courses are offered fully online, allowing students to access the program from any location.
Previous HIM* 215
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