Office Administration Medical Records - Shelton State Community College

Office Administration Medical Records from Shelton State Community College is a Campus Associate Health Administration degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. A person who works with medical records is responsible for assembling patients? health information . A medical records employee must ensure all forms are present, properly identified, signed, and all necessary information is on a computer file. A medical records technician assigns a code to each diagnosis and procedure, consults a classification manual and relies on his/her knowledge of disease processes. A technician then uses a software program to assign the patient to one of several hundred ?diagnosis-related groups.? This determines the amount of reimbursement to the doctor/hospital if the patient is covered by Medicare or other insurance programs. A technician who specializes in coding is called a health information coder, medical recorder or coding specialist Technical Concentration and Electives 43-49 ORI 101 Orientation to College 1 BIO 120 Medical Terminology 3 BIO 150 Human Biology 3 HIT 230 Medical Coding Systems I 3 HIT 232 Medical Coding Systems II 3 HIT 260 Preceptorship for Medical Coding (Internship) 3 OAD 101 Beginning Keyboarding 3 OAD 103 Intermediate Keyboarding 3 OAD 125 Word Processing (also available as CIS 196A) 3 OAD 131 Business English 3 OAD 133 Business Communications 3 OAD 137 Computerized Financial Record Keeping 3 OAD 138 Records and Information Management 3 OAD 200 Beginning Medical Transcription 3 OAD 233 Trends in Office Technology 3 Electives 0-6 Recommended Electives Students must select a minimum of three credit hours in OAD or CIS courses. WKO 107 WorkKeys Targeted Instruction 0-3 Total Hours Required for Degree 64-71 View more details on Shelton State Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Health Administration courses.