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• HITT 105: Legal Aspects of Health Information Technology

  3.00 Credits

  Bucks County Community College

  
  This course covers concepts and principles of law found in the healthcare field. The course focuses on legal issues regarding health information, including confidentiality, release of health information, consent forms, liability of healthcare providers, concepts and methods of risk management in the healthcare field, and other current medical/legal issues.
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• HITT 190: Introduction to Health Information Technology

  3.00 Credits

  Bucks County Community College

  
  This course is an introduction to healthcare delivery systems with emphasis on organizational compliance, structure and accreditation, licensing and/or certification with regulatory agencies. This course covers revenue cycle management, claims management, and bill reconciliation processes. Topics include chargemaster maintenance and health data classification.
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• HITT 207: Health Information Technology Applications

  3.00 Credits

  Bucks County Community College

  
  This course covers the concepts of computer applications related to healthcare. This course discusses healthcare data sets, health information specialty systems, document archival, retrieval and imaging systems, and data storage systems. Students demonstrate an understanding of various health information software applications coding tasks.
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• HITT 208: Healthcare Quality Improvement

  3.00 Credits

  Bucks County Community College

  
  This course covers quality assessment and improvement, providing a basis for developing skills in collecting and analyzing data. Topics include healthcare evaluation systems and the role of HIT professionals in quality improvement, clinical pathways, case management, utilization management, risk management, infection control, and medical staff credentialing. Prerequisite:    HITT190 (C or better)
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• HITT 217: Health Insurance and Reimbursement

  3.00 Credits

  Bucks County Community College

  
  This course covers health insurance products and managed care approaches to the financing and delivery of healthcare services. Students explore reimbursement and payment methodologies. Students examine forms, processes, practices, and the roles of health information professionals. Students discuss concepts in insurance, third-party and prospective payments, and managed care organizations. Prerequisite:    HITT190 (C or better)
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• HITT 250: Basic Pathophysiology and Pharmacology for Health Information Technology

  3.00 Credits

  Bucks County Community College

  
  This course is the study of pathological conditions and the drugs used in their treatment. Students study the description of conditions and diseases of the organ systems, including etiology, signs and symptoms, and methods of diagnosis and treatment. Students identify disease entities and describe appropriate diagnostic and treatment modalities. Prerequisite:    MEDA120 (C or better) and BIOL181 (C or better)
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• HITT 280: Health Information Technology Externship

  3.00 Credits

  Bucks County Community College

  
  This course prepares students to work in various health care settings, performing assigned health information duties. The work experience is supported by knowledge and skills gained in pre-requisite courses, site liaison feedback, and externship instructor site visits. Prerequisite:    Completion of all other HITT courses in the program with a grade of C or better and permission of the Department of Health Sciences
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• HITT 285: Medical Coding/Billing Externship

  3.00 Credits

  Bucks County Community College

  
  Medical Coding/Billing Certificate students will apply coding/billing principles in a health care provider setting. Students will gain 120 hours of experience in International Classification of Diseases Coding Modifiers (current ICD curriculum) and Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding systems and related activities. Prerequisite:    Completion of all courses in the Medical Coding/Billing Certificate program with a C or better and permission of the Department of Health Sciences
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• HITT 297: Medical Coding

  3.00 Credits

  Bucks County Community College

  
  This course covers principles of the International Classification of Diseases Coding Modifiers (current ICD curriculum), Current Procedural Terminology (CPT), and third party reimbursement. Students are provided with the fundamentals of a classification coding system used in health care industries. Prerequisite:    MEDA120 or BIOL115 Corequisite:    MEDA120 or BIOL115
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• HITT 298: Advanced Procedural Coding

  3.00 Credits

  Bucks County Community College

  
  This advanced course covers Current Procedural Terminology (CPT), International Classification of Diseases (current ICD curriculum), Health Care Procedural Coding Systems (HCPCS), modifier applications, evaluation and management services, and coding issues for specific body systems. Prerequisite:    HITT297 (C or better)
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