Skyline College Catalog 2011-2012 Program & course descriptions ...

C O U R S E D E S C R I P T I O N SBUSINESSBUS. 445 LAW OFFICE MANAGEMENT (3)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester. Prerequisite:CAOT 212 or 214, or equivalent. Recommended: Eligibilityfor ENGL 836 and READ 836, or ENGL 846, or equivalent.Introduction to the fundamentals of law office administration,personnel management, and accounting operations.Designed to familiarize legal paraprofessionals(legal secretaries, paralegals and law office clerks) withthe practical inner workings of a law office, including anunderstanding of law office fundamentals. Law officemanagement goes beyond analyzing mere productivityand includes being sensitive to ethical concerns and providingquality legal services to clients. Also listed as LEGL445. May be repeated once for credit. Transfer credit:CSU.BUS. 468 ASIA IN THE WORLD TODAY (3)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 48 lecture hours plus 8 hours by arrangement/semester.Recommended: Eligibility for ENGL 836and READ 836, or ENGL 846, or equivalent.A comprehensive study of current issues of Asia in theworld today in terms of social, cultural, political, economicand business issues. A survey of U.S. policies and therelations with Asia as a region will be covered. This courseis for students interested in the Asian Studies major andcertificate, Chinese Studies certificate, as well as for studentswho are interested in Asia. Transfer credit: UC;CSU.BUS. 476 INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL OFFICEMANAGEMENT (3)Minimum of 48 lecture hours plus 24 lab hours by arrangement/semester.An introductory course designed to provide studentswith an overview of medical office procedures. Studentswill learn how to manage patients in emergency situations;receive, register and schedule patients; organizeand sustain medical records; medical billing; health insurance;business operations; human resource functions;and financial management. Transfer credit: CSU.BUS. 485 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY (3)Minimum of 48 lecture hours. Recommended: Eligibilityfor ENGL 836 or equivalent.Designed to give students a basic background in medicalterminology as used by medical transcriptionists,court reporters, law related occupations, and allied healthoccupations. The prefixes, roots, and suffixes of commonlyused medical words are presented. Proper namesof anatomical structures and their relationship to eachother are covered by body system. Also listed as HSCI484. Transfer credit: CSU.BUS. 486 MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION (4)Minimum of 48 lecture hours and 48 lab hours plus 32 labhours by arrangement/semester. Prerequisites: Con cur -rent enrollment in BUS. 485/HSCI 484; ability to type 50net wpm. Recommended: ENGL 836 or equivalent.Intensive training in medical transcription that includesdoctor-dictated history and physicals, surgical reports,operative procedures, x-ray, pathology, and nuclear medicinereports. May be repeated twice for credit. Transfercredit: CSU.BUS. 487 MEDICAL TRANSCRIBER INTERNSHIP(1-4)Minimum of 51 hours per unit. Prerequisites: BUS. 485and 486, or equivalent.On-the-job training in a hospital or medical office intranscribing actual doctor dictation from cassettes.Individual conferences with instructor. May be repeatedtwice for credit. Transfer credit: CSU.BUS. 489 MEDICAL CODING ICD-9 (3)Minimum of 48 lecture hours plus 24 lab hours by arrangement/semester.Prerequisite: Completion of BUS. 485 orequivalent.A course covering ICD-9 coding, a national classificationof coding that encompasses diseases, ailments,injuries and disorders for all the major and minor bodysystems. This course includes, but is not limited to, hospitalinpatient, outpatient and ambulatory care codingemphasizing specific and correct procedures to accuratelyachieve maximum reimbursement. Transfer credit:CSU.BUS. 491 MEDICAL CODING CPT (3)Minimum of 48 lecture hours plus 24 lab hours by arrangement/semester.Prerequisite: Completion of, or concurrentenrollment in, BUS. 489 or equivalent.A course covering CPT coding, a national classificationof coding that encompasses evaluation management,surgical, and primary care procedures performed in amedical office. The course includes, but is not limited to,hospital inpatient, outpatient, and ambulatory care codingemphasizing specific and correct procedures to accuratelyachieve maximum reimbursement with the coordinationof ICD-9 codes. Transfer credit: CSU.BUS. 499 COMPUTERIZED MEDICAL BILLING ANDINFORMATION MANAGEMENT (3)Minimum of 48 lecture hours plus 48 lab hours by arrangement/semester.Prerequisite: Completion of, or concurrentenrollment in, BUS. 491 or equivalent.An integrated, computerized approach to developknowledge and skills for accurate processing of medicalbilling and information management for a medical office.Topics include: data entry, billing/collection procedures,processing patient and insurance information, schedulingappointments, processing insurance claims, report generation,and composing and editing medical documents.May be repeated once for credit. Transfer credit: CSU.154 w w w. S k y l i n e C o l l e g e . e d u 2011 – 2 012 C ATA L O G