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Course Descriptions<br />
the skill learned, the student will be able to identify and respond<br />
appropriately to life‐threatening cardiac arrhythmias and EKG<br />
changes.<br />
Prerequisites: None<br />
Lecture Hours: 00.0; Lab Hours: 40.0; Other Hours: 00.0<br />
MEA2337 ‐ Patient and Insurance Collection Strategies<br />
4.0 Quarter Credit Hours; Total Hours: 40.0<br />
This course will be broken into two segments. First, advanced<br />
strategies for dealing with insurance carriers including EOB<br />
interpretation, follow‐up practices and the appeal process. Second,<br />
convincing delinquent patients to remit payments is an art form.<br />
Developing an effective collection plan that will include reviewing<br />
your entire billing, insurance, managed care and collection process<br />
is essential to developing a successful plan.<br />
Prerequisites: HIM2272<br />
Lecture Hours: 40.0; Lab Hours: 00.0; Other Hours: 00.0<br />
MEA2340 ‐ Coding Cases I (Physician Professional Services)<br />
2.0 Quarter Credit Hours; Total Hours: 40.0<br />
This class is a hands‐on coding practicum that will allow the<br />
student to perform practical application to the coding skills learned<br />
in the “Introduction to Coding” class. A review of the basic coding<br />
guidelines will be given, however, this class will focus on coding<br />
from case studies and operative reports using the ICD‐9‐CM<br />
Volume I and II, CPT‐4 and HCPCS code books.<br />
Prerequisites: MEA2355<br />
Lecture Hours: 00.0; Lab Hours: 40.0; Other Hours: 00.0<br />
MEA2344 ‐ Workers' Compensation and Specialties<br />
4.0 Quarter Credit Hours; Total Hours: 40.0<br />
This course will cover the workers’ compensation system and<br />
its related terminology. A compensable injury under workers’<br />
compensation will be defined, as well as, how to report an injury.<br />
The various forms used by workers’ compensation will be<br />
discussed. The OMFS (Official Medical Fee Schedule) will be<br />
covered.<br />
Prerequisites: HIM2272<br />
Lecture Hours: 40.0; Lab Hours: 00.0; Other Hours: 00.0<br />
MEA2349L ‐ Coding Cases II (Hospital Billing)<br />
2.0 Quarter Credit Hours; Total Hours: 40.0<br />
Hands on coding from hospital inpatient documentation. The<br />
student will be exposed to the coding software tools used by hospi‐<br />
tal coders. The UB‐92 claim form will be utilized for these case<br />
study scenarios.<br />
Prerequisites: MEA2355 and HIM2260C<br />
Lecture Hours: 00.0; Lab Hours: 40.0; Other Hours: 00.0<br />
MEA2355 ‐ Introduction to Coding and Documentation<br />
4.0 Quarter Credit Hours; Total Hours: 40.0<br />
This course will cover the basic guidelines and coding conventions<br />
in ICD‐9‐CM, CPT‐4 and HCPCS. This course will focus on the<br />
professional (outpatient) guidelines. The evaluation and<br />
management documentation guidelines will be discussed, as well<br />
as, the proper use of modifiers.<br />
Prerequisites: HSA1529, MEA1232<br />
Lecture Hours: 40.0; Lab Hours: 00.0; Other Hours: 00.0<br />
MEA2388 ‐ Government Payers<br />
4.0 Quarter Credit Hours; Total Hours: 40.0<br />
This course will cover the billing guidelines from the various<br />
government payers that will include: Medicare; Medicaid; and<br />
Tricare. Medicaid is a state and federal program and may have<br />
different guidelines from state to state. This class will look at the<br />
Medi‐Cal program model.<br />
Prerequisites: HIM2272<br />
Lecture Hours: 40.0; Lab Hours: 00.0; Other Hours: 00.0<br />
MEA2561 ‐ Professional Procedures<br />
2.0 Quarter Credit Hours; Total Hours: 20.0<br />
Designed to assist students as they transition from the classroom<br />
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into professional medical assisting practice. A comprehensive<br />
review of the clinical, administrative and general areas of<br />
competence required for entry‐level practice will be covered as<br />
well as the methods of obtaining professional credentials.<br />
Prerequisites: All medical classes<br />
Lecture Hours: 20.0; Lab Hours: 00.0; Other Hours: 00.0<br />
MEA2804 ‐ Medical Externship<br />
5.0 Quarter Credit Hours; Total Hours: 160<br />
This course is 160 Hours of unpaid, supervised, practical, in‐service<br />
in a medical office or clinic in which the student practices<br />
direct application of all administrative and clinical functions of the<br />
Medical Assistant.<br />
Prerequisites: All classes in the Medical Core must be completed<br />
prior to enrollment.<br />
Lecture Hours: 00.0; Lab Hours: 00.0; Other Hours: 00.0<br />
MEAP1301 ‐ Introduction to ICD‐9 Coding<br />
4.0 Quarter Credit Hours; Total Hours: 40.0<br />
This course will cover the basic guidelines and coding conventions<br />
in ICD‐9‐CM. This course will focus on the professional (outpatient)<br />
guidelines. The proper diagnostic assignment based on<br />
documentation will be discussed, as well as, the proper use of<br />
multiple codes, 3 digit, 4 digit and 5 digit specificity.<br />
Prerequisites: HSC1531, BSC2080. May be taken with co‐requisite<br />
of HSA1529<br />
Lecture Hours: 40.0; Lab Hours: 00.0; Other Hours: 00.0<br />
MEAP1305 ‐ Introduction to CPT Coding<br />
4.0 Quarter Credit Hours; Total Hours: 40.0<br />
This course will cover the basic guidelines and coding conventions<br />
in CPT. This course will focus on the professional (outpatient)<br />
guidelines. The evaluation and management documentation<br />
guidelines will be discussed, as well as, the proper use of<br />
procedure codes and associated modifiers.<br />
Prerequisites: HSC1531, HSA1529, BSC2080<br />
Lecture Hours: 40.0; Lab Hours: 00.0; Other Hours: 00.0<br />
MEAP2345 ‐ Third Party Payers<br />
4.0 Quarter Credit Hours; Total Hours: 40.0<br />
This course will cover the third party payers (Managed Care,<br />
Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare and Worker’s Compensation) and its<br />
related terminology. This course will give the billing and coding<br />
students, an in depth look at how third party payer’s bill. It will<br />
cover the following information, rule and regulation, submission of<br />
the correct claim form, the criteria needed for each payer, the<br />
federal laws for each payer, identification of benefits or non‐<br />
benefits for each third party payer, how to calculate payment, and<br />
scenario.<br />
Prerequisites: HIM2272<br />
Lecture Hours: 40.0; Lab Hours: 00.0; Other Hours: 00.0<br />
MEAP2346 ‐ Advanced CPT Coding<br />
4.0 Quarter Credit Hours; Total Hours: 40.0<br />
This course will cover advanced guidelines and coding conventions<br />
in CPT. This course will focus on the professional (outpatient)<br />
guidelines. The evaluation and management documentation<br />
guidelines will be discussed, as well as, the proper use of modifiers.<br />
Prerequisites: MEAP1305<br />
Lecture Hours: 40.0; Lab Hours: 00.0; Other Hours: 00.0<br />
MEAP2348 ‐ Abstract Case Coding<br />
2.0 Quarter Credit Hours; Total Hours: 20.0<br />
This course will cover the abstracting guidelines and coding<br />
conventions in ICD‐9‐CM, CPT and HCPCS coding. This course will<br />
focus on the professional (outpatient) guidelines. The evaluation<br />
and management documentation guidelines will be discussed, as<br />
well as, the proper use of cross coding diagnoses with procedures.<br />
Prerequisites: MEAP2346<br />
Lecture Hours: 20.0; Lab Hours: 00.0; Other Hours: 00.0
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