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HIT 175 - Study of Disease for HIM Professionals

Description: Prerequisite: AHS132 or BIO101 and HIT151 with a grade of C or better in both courses or permission of the Chairperson.
This course will provide students with the fundamental concepts of disease processes and their commonly used medications as documented by clinicians required for the accurate assignment of diagnostic and procedural coding. A working knowledge of the nature and cause of disease including the etiology, signs, symptoms, diagnostic evaluation, clinical treatment, and pharmacology management of disease processes necessary for a career int he health information management profession are presented. Students will define pharmacological terminology and identify the route of administration, indications, adverse effects and related laboratory studies for commonly used medications.
SUNY GEN ED-n/a; NCC GEN ED-n/a
Offered: Fall, Spring

Credit Hours: 3
Department: Administrative Business Tech