HIT 2615 - Coding Systems I

5 Credits

This course provides a basic introduction on how to transform narrative descriptions of diseases and injuries into alphanumeric diagnostic ICD-10-CM codes and/or ICD-10-PCS. The course is designed to provide the student with knowledge of diagnostic and/or procedural coding applications and how they pertain to all aspects of medical care, research, data analysis, and financial implications.

Prerequisite: HIT 1213, HIT 2253, HIT 1114, BIO 2513/BIO 2511, BIO 2523/BIO 2521
Corequisite: None
Prerequisite/Corequisite: None

3 Hours Lecture
4 Hours Lab