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HCIP 5370 - Health Vocabularies and Classification Systems


Development of fundamental medical terminology, consisting of basic word structure (including word analysis, combining forms, suffixes, prefixes, and pronunciation) of descriptive medical terms pertaining to the body as a whole and to each body system. Clinical vocabularies, terminologies and coding systems, along with definitions are described in the context of caring and treating patients. Terms covered include: diseases, diagnoses, findings, operations, treatments, drugs, and administrative items as utilized to support recording and reporting a patient’s care at varying levels of detail via an electronic medical record. Identifying appropriate representation elements, uses, and sources in order to apply them in the context of health information systems and communication.

Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): Enrollment in the PSM or Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics.
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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