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