• HIMT 1301: Intro-Health Info Management

  3.00 Credits

  Austin Peay State University

  
  Description: This course is designed to introduce students to the principles of health information technology. The development, content and management of the medical record will be explored as well as a basic overview of the healthcare delivery system. Emphasis is placed on hospital and medical staff organization; patient record content; procedures in filing, numbering, and retention of patient records; quantitative analysis; release of patient information; forms control and design; indexes and registers; regulatory and accrediting agencies; and the transition to an electronic health record.
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• HIMT 1302: HIM Legal Aspects

  3.00 Credits

  Austin Peay State University

  
  Description: This course provides an understanding of the legal principles that govern health information and the health record as a legal document. Emphasis is placed on key concepts including: the court system, medical staff, nursing staff, governing board and their functions and responsibilities. Confidentiality, release of information, informed consent, patient rights, record retention, and an in-depth review of HIPAA will be studied and practiced. Course focus includes current trends in health legislation such as healthcare fraud, federal and state required reporting.
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• HIMT 1401: Fund of Disease Processes

  4.00 Credits

  Austin Peay State University

  
  Prerequisite: BIOL 2010;Description: This course is an introduction to disease processes in the human body with emphasis on the etiology, signs, symptoms, diagnostic aids and findings, and treatment, including medications.
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• HIMT 2301: CPT Coding

  3.00 Credits

  Austin Peay State University

  
  Prerequisite: HIMT 1401, 1303 and BIOL 2020;Description: This course covers basic principles of coding with Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding system including structure and rules. Instruction will also be given in the use of HCPCS Level II coding including structure and rules. The use of these coding systems will be studied as they are used in reporting of reimbursable medical services and procedures performed by physicians.
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• HIMT 2302: Basic ICD Coding II

  3.00 Credits

  Austin Peay State University

  
  Prerequisite: BIOL 2010;Description: This course is an introduction to the ICD-10-PCS classification system for coding procedures and surgeries according to the International Classification of Diseases Procedural Classification System.
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• HIMT 2304: HIMT Management Principles

  3.00 Credits

  Austin Peay State University

  
  Prerequisite: Admission to HIMT program at CAHIM accredited home school;Description: This course is a study of supervisory and management functions. There is a focus on planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling in healthcare organizations. Special emphasis will study managerial techniques to supervise, motivate, counsel, lead, train and communicate with staff in health information services.
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• HIMT 2307: Professional Practice Exper I

  3.00 Credits

  Austin Peay State University

  
  Prerequisite: Admission to HIMT program and HIMT 1301, 1303;Description: Students will meet objectives through assignment to a healthcare facility or through the use of virtual simulation projects. This course places emphasis on providing opportunities that relate classroom theory to actual functions of health information. These include:•assembly and record analysis•medicolegal procedures•information retention•filing and retrieval•the use of technology
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• HIMT 2309: Data Analysis and Statistics

  3.00 Credits

  Austin Peay State University

  
  Prerequisite: INFS 1010, HIMT 1300, 1301, BIO 2010 and admission to HIMT program or permission of instructor;Description: This course includes basic research principles along with purpose of Institutional Review Board and its role in research.
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• HIS 2010: US History I

  3.00 Credits

  Austin Peay State University

  
  Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of all required Learning Support competencies or appropriate entrance test scores. Students must read and write at a level expected from a college freshman. Description: This course is an examination of the social, political, economic, and intellectual history of the United States from the colonial period to 1877.
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• HIS 2020: US History II

  3.00 Credits

  Austin Peay State University

  
  Description: This course is a continuation of HIST 2010 (American History 1) covering American civilization from the end of Reconstruction to the recent past. The course seeks to give students a perspective on the position of the United States among the nations of the world and on the controversies and agreements among Americans concerning the desired attributes of their culture, government, and ideals. The course will focus on central themes and issues in the development of American society and institutions. It will raise questions about human values, economic growth, institutional change, cultural development, political democracy, and the place of the United States in the world. Themes that we will address in this course include: industrialization and its effects on American society, economy, and political processes; immigration, urbanization, and the changing demographics of the United States; Progressivism and the struggle for social justice; change and continuity in U.S. foreign policy; World War I; social changes in the 1920s; the Great Depression and the New Deal; World War II; post-war affluence and social change including the Cold War, anti-communism, and civil rights; the Vietnam War and the Great Society; and the political realignment of the Reagan years and other historically recent events.
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