MC 280 — Prof Practice Experience
Provides students with authentic coding practice (coding from real charts) in a healthcare setting with directed projects common to a clinical coding specialist on the job. Students gain practice combining diagnosis and procedure codes used while coding patient records. Cases vary in complexity and type (inpatient, outpatient, physician, emergency room, long-term care, etc.). Experience using encoder software will be gained.
Prerequisites: HCM 103, MC 118, HCM 120, HCM 137, HCM 143, MC 218