Study principles and practices in health information management as it relates to documentation for medical billing. Introduction to ICD and CPT coding, private insurance, and government program cliam processing, legal and healthcare finance issues, HIPAA and relaease of information guidelines are emphasized. This is a required course for all MICB and HAIS students.
Prerequisites: MOA-120, MED-120, BIO-132, MED-125, BIO-253, BIO-254