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HCTM 380 Healthcare Code Sets and Clinical Terminologies • 5 Cr.

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  • Healthcare Technology Management

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Outcomes:

After completing this class, students should be able to:

  • Determine structured data requirements in a given healthcare application
  • Discuss the differences between structured and unstructured data
  • Display an understanding of the layout of selected structured terminology systems used in healthcare
  • Select the appropriate terminology system for a given healthcare requirement
  • Analyze the components of structured terminologies currently used in healthcare
  • Summarize the development and evolution of SNOMED CT as a comprehensive terminology
  • Explain legislative requirements for use of structured terminologies in healthcare
  • Develop strategies to manage terminology changes in electronic health records
  • Use UMLS Knowledge Source tools to analyze terminology systems
  • Examine the processes by which structured terminologies in use were developed
  • Using ICD, practice coding select medical diagnoses and procedures
  • Explain the uses of healthcare terminologies in reporting statistical data, morbidity, and mortality
  • Describe use of ICD in development of healthcare finance and reimbursement
  • Compare and contrast development and uses of medical, nursing, and allied health terminologies
  • Explain the differences between hierarchical and flat terminology systems

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