2021-2022 Course Catalog

HIT 244 Interpreting Healthcare Records

provides students with a deeper understanding of the structure and content of medical records. Students utilize critical thinking and research skills to solve case studies and decipher medical records, as well as proofread and edit history and physicals, consultation reports, operative reports, and discharge summaries. Significance of electronic health records, HIPAA requirements, medicolegal terminology, as well as researching human diseases, x-rays, scans, and laboratory tests/values, are covered. To transfer to Richland, the course must have been completed at an AHDI (Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity)-accredited institution and must have been completed within the previous five (5) years from the time of transfer. This course is applicable toward all certificates, AAS, ALS (credit hours 3.0, lecture hours 2.0, lab hours 2.0).

Credits

3.0

Prerequisite

HIT 140

Division and Department

Health Professions / Health Information Techn