HITT Documentation Specialist, OSA
- Academic Year: 2022-2023
- Division / Department: Business Programs / Health Information Technology
- Degree Code: HITT.DOC.SPEC.OSA
The Documentation Specialist Occupational Skills Award provides students with an introduction to the regulatory implications surrounding documentation practices along with hands on training in health record analysis for documentation inconsistencies.
NOTE: This award is available completely online. Ask your advisor or visit www.mclennan.edu\online for more details.
Marketable Skills:
1. Apply policies, regulations, and standards to the management of information. 2. Determine compliance of health record content within the health organization. 3. Identify compliance requirements throughout the health information life cycle.
Summer-1 Session
| BIOL 2404 Anatomy & Physiology (specialized)
Course Description× BIOL 2404 Anatomy & Physiology (specialized) Lab Fee: $15.00 Study of the structure and function of human anatomy, including the neuroendocrine, integumentary, musculoskeletal, digestive, urinary, reproductive, respiratory, and circulatory systems. Content may be either integrated or specialized. Semester Hours 4 (3 lec/3 lab) |
4 hours |
| 4 hours |
Summer-2 Session
| HITT 1205 Medical Terminology I
Course Description× HITT 1205 Medical Terminology I Introduces the study of medical terms through word origin and structure. Introduction to abbreviations and symbols, surgical and diagnostic procedures, and medical specialties. Semester Hours 2 (2 lec) |
2 hours |
| HITT 1301 Health Data Content & Structure
Course Description× HITT 1301 Health Data Content & Structure Lab Fee: $20.00 Introduces systems and processes for collecting, maintaining and disseminating primary and secondary health-related information, including content of health record, documentation requirements, registries, indices, licensing, regulatory agencies, forms and screens. Prerequisites: Admission to the Health Information Technology program or approval of the program director. Semester Hours 3 (2 lec/2 lab) |
3 hours |
| 5 hours |
| Total hours: | 9 hours |