HIM 224 — Disease Classification, Clinical Coding, Indexing and Abstracting
HIM department course · Nigerian universities
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What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)
appreciate the history of diseases classification, basis and purpose of disease classification
define data classification and explain its aims and objectives
extensively explain the numbering systems of the ICD, the 3-digit and optional 5-digit categories of ICD-9
describe the classification of industrial accidents, the twenty-one chapters of ICD-10 and its arrangements
explain coding, its purpose, tools and procedures as well as selection of conditions for both diagnostic and operational procedures
describe the structure of classification system, indexing, types, methods and uses of index; and
Course contents
History of diseases classification. Basis and purpose of disease classification. Definition of data classification, aims and objectives of data classification. General principles of International Classification of Diseases (ICD) process.
Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study HIM 224.