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• HCM 250: DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL CODING

  3.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  This course prepares students for medical coding positions by helping them to understand how to find the correct diagnosis codes using the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revisions, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM). Students will learn to convert widely accepted uniform descriptions of medical, surgical and diagnostic services rendered by health care providers with numeric codes. Prerequisite(s): BIO 107 Prerequisite:    BIO 107
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• HCM 260: PROCEDURAL MEDICAL CODING

  3.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  This course prepares students for medical coding positions by helping them to understand how to find the correct procedural codes using CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) and HCPCS. Students will learn to convert widely accepted uniform descriptions of medical, surgical and diagnostic services rendered by health care providers with five-digit numeric codes. Prerequisite(s): BIO 107 Prerequisite:    BIO 107
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• HCM 270: HOSPITAL BILLING AND CODING

  3.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  This course is a comprehensive look at the hospital and facility coding and billing. The student will have the opportunity to work with the entire workflow, from patient intake through the billing process for both the inpatient and outpatient facility. The student will have chapter exercises as well as extensive billing (UB-04 completion) and coding exercises (including the assignment of DRG's or APCs). This course cannot be applied to the Health Information Technology degree. Prerequisite(s): BIO 107, HCM 130, HCM 250, HCM 260 Prerequisite:    BIO 107, HCM 130, HCM 250, HCM 260
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• HCM 285: ADVANCED MEDICAL CODING

  3.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  This course provides extensive, hands-on abstract medical coding. The course will review methodologies for the abstracting of physician's notes in many different specialties. The student will also have the opportunity to take a mock exam which is developed from the CPC and CCS-P national exam. Prerequisite(s): HCM 145, HCM 250, HCM 260, and 20 hours of office technology courses Prerequisite:    HCM 145, HCM 250, HCM 260, and 20 hours of office technology courses
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• HCM 299: VIRTUAL CAPSTONE

  3.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  This course will provide virtual office experience for those completing the health care management associate degree. Student will gain valuable experience working strictly online from a home environment. Student will develop proper communication skills, time management, proper office etiquette, appropriate ethical and legal responsibilities with office staff and management by working with other classmates and instructor of the course.
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• HIS 155: EARLY WESTERN CIVILIZATION

  3.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  A survey and analysis of western civilization from its origin through the 17th century. Major political, social, economic and cultural trends and their influence on modern civilization are examined.
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• HIS 156: MODERN WESTERN CIVILIZATION

  3.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  A survey and analysis of western civilization from the 18th century to the present. Nationalism, industrialism, imperialism and major intellectual and social developments are emphasized.
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• HIS 249: THE CIVIL WAR

  3.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  A survey and analysis of the American Civil War and Reconstruction. This course is a study of the origins and causes of the war, the nature and direction of the war itself, and its results and consequences. Particular attention is given to economic, social, political, military and ideological aspects of the American Civil War.
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• HIS 255: EARLY U.S. AND PA. HISTORY

  3.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  A survey course in United States history from the discovery of the New World to the close of the Civil War. The story of our American heritage told against the backdrop of revolution, expansion, nationalism, industrial growth and sectional strife.
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• HIS 256: MODERN U.S AND PA HISTORY

  3.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  A survey course in United States history from the end of the Civil War to the present. Examination of political, social, economic, and cultural trends with emphasis on the impact of reconstruction, industrialism, progressivism, isolationism, imperialism, conservatism and liberalism.
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