course descriptions
 

           
     

Course Details

HIT 214  CPT/Other Coding Systems
   
Lecture: 01 Lab: 03
Clinical:  00 Credit: 02
   
Components:  None
Prerequisites: HIT 211 and DRE-096 or ENG-070 and RED-070 or Placment Test Equivalent
Corequisites:   None
   
This course covers application of principles and guidelines of CPT/HCPCS coding. Topics include clinical classification/nomenclature systems such as SNOMED, DSM, ICD-O and the use of encoders. Upon completion, students should be able to apply coding principles to correctly assign CPT/HCPCS codes. This course will concentrate more specifically in the are of inpatient coding.