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2017-2018 Official General Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Official General Catalog [Archived Catalog]

HIT 205 - Coding Practicum


Supervised practice structured so that students gain practical coding experience in a simulated hospital setting.  Laboratory hours: 2 hr/week for 15 weeks

 

Prerequisite- Corequisite
Corequisites:  HIT 204 ICD-10-CM & PCS Coding

Credits: 1
Hours
2 Laboratory Hours
Course Profile
Learning Outcomes of the Course:

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Assign diagnosis and procedure codes using ICD-10-CM (both manually with the code books and with the encoders).
2.  Validate coding accuracy using clinical information in the health record.
3.  Compute DRG, POA indicators, and HACs using coding software.