Courses Handbook 2009

6995 (v.6) Nosology 382


Area: School of Public Health
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Lecture: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 3759 (v.10) Health Record Systems 381 or any previous version
Co Requisite(s): 3762 (v.6) Health Record Systems 382
Syllabus: Advanced study of clinical classification of diseases and procedures utilising the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, tenth edition, Australian modification (ICD-10-AM). Clinical classification of diseases and procedures utilising ICD-9-CM. Advanced use of encoder and grouper. Alternative classification systems and nomenclatures. Study and use of Australian coding benchmarking audit and data quality.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 069999 Health not elsewhere classified
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2009 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
2009 Bentley Campus Semester 2       Y  

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

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