12 courses with the subject EHR, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
EHR 100Medical Terminology for the Healthcare Profession3
This course is designed for students to become familiar with medical terminology emphasizing word parts, body systems, diagnostic, and laboratory procedures. Topics include prefixes, combining forms, suffixes, and abbreviations and their meanings, skeletal system, muscular system, cardiovascular system, lymphatic system, immune system, respiratory system, digestive system, urinary system, nervous system, special senses (eyes and ears), integumentary system, endocrine system, reproductive system, diagnostic procedures, nuclear medicine, diseases, and pharmacology.
COM 097 , or EAP 040 and EAP 020 Semesters Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer/Online
EHR 102Introduction to Health Records Management3
This course introduces the students to the structure and form of health records. Emphasis is placed on patient record content, storage and retrieval, release of information, forms control, indexes and registries, and health services organization and delivery.
COM 098 or EAP 050 and EAP 060 EHR 100 Semesters Offered: Spring
EHR 105Anatomy for the Medical Office Specialist3
This course is designed to introduce medical coding and billing students to the study of body structures and how these structures function. Understanding the sturctures and functions of the body systems provides a foundation that is applied to the medical coding courses in the medical coding and billing program.
This course offers knowledge and skills that encompass the process of working with electronic health records and applies it to using practice management software. Topics include appointment scheduling, charting, performing administrative duties, learning clinical tools and creating templates. Medical office simulation software will be used to become oriented to the general functions of practice management.
EHR 100 or concurrent enrollment Semesters Offered: Fall
EHR 120Introduction to Diseases and Treatments for the Medical Coding Specialist3
This course introduces students in the medical coding and billing program to disease processes in the human body and the treatment of disease. The focus of this course is an introductory study of drug action; routes of administration; and drugs including trade names, generic names, and drug classifications as they pertain to medical coding and billing. Topics include medications and the body, prescriptions and medication orders, pharmacy measurements and calculations, and identification of appropriate medication codes according to industry guidelines.
This course is the first course of medical coding designed for students to learn foundations of medical coding and the environment of health care. Topics include coding classification systems for ICD-10-CM (International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification) and ICD-10-PCS (International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Procedure Coding System) to classify inpatient procedures and services.
EHR 100 , EHR 105 or concurrent enrollment Semesters Offered: Fall
EHR 200Medical Office Procedures3
Introduction to the responsibilities of the professional medical office specialist in the workforce. Responsibilities include telephone communication, HIPAA guidelines, customer service skills, records management, time management, decision-making techniques, finances, and office management within the healthcare environment.
COM 097 or EAP 040 and EAP 020 Semesters Offered: Spring Only
EHR 210Legal and Ethical Issues in Healthcare3
This course is designed for students who will work in the healthcare industry, both in medical offices, and in nursing and technical positions in hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes. The course also targets students in the Medical Coding and Billing as well as Medical Office/Health Records Specialist programs. Topics include professional and career responsibilities, healthcare laws awareness, and ethical decision-making and legal responsibilities of a healthcare worker.
COM 098 or EAP 050 and EAP 060 Semesters Offered: Fall/Spring
EHR 211Medical Coding: CPT and HCPCS Coding Systems3
This course is a sequential course in medical coding designed for students to build upon foundations of medical coding principles. Topics include Health Care Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) and Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Coding Systems for Evaluation and Management, Surgery, Anesthesia, Radiology, Pathology and Laboratory, and Medicine.
This course provides students with information about major insurance programs, federal healthcare legislation, and medical claims. Students will also gain a knowledge of physician and hospital medical billing and government medical reimbursement methodology. Topics include: understanding insurance plans; physician medical billing, hospital medical billing, and government medical billing (Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare); benefits and payment adjudication, refunds, follow-ups, and appeals; and workers’ compensation.
