Medical Office Management

Degrees and Certificates

Courses

HIMT 20163: LEGAL CONCEPTS IN HEALTH CARE

Credits 3 Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours 0

Provides an overview of the principles of law as applied to health care. The course gives consideration to the importance of medical records as legal documents, to the legal aspects of health care organizations, to the release of information, and to consents and authorizations. Formerly MOM 2013. 

HIMT 20263: MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS CODING AND BILLING

Credits 3 Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours 0

Develops a working knowledge of general code matching and diagnosis assignments used in hospitals, clinics, and insurance offices for health-care industry. Emphasis is placed on purpose of coding, definitions of key terms, accurate application of coding principles and an overview of the impact of prospective reimbursement on the function of coding; principles of classification. Familiarization with standard coding references is provided (CPT,  ICD-10). Formerly MOM 2023.