HIMA220 - Classification Systems I

Course Code: HIMA220 Course ID: 4900 Credit Hours: 3 Level: Undergraduate

This course will introduce the student to the principles of taxonomy. The course will include purposes of classifying diseases, clinical vocabularies, and terminologies/nomenclatures. The interaction of different Prospective Payment Systems with classification systems will be emphasized. Data quality, the Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set as well as coding/sequencing guidelines and advanced topics in diagnosis and procedural coding. (Prerequisites: BIOL201 and HIMA100)