Online Courses Handbook 2003

12069 (v.2) Nosology 182

Area:	School of Public Health
Contact Hours:	4.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	1643 (v.6) Human Biology 133 or any previous version AND 1675 (v.7) Health Record Systems 181 or any previous version
Co Requisite(s):	1644 (v.7) Human Biology 134 AND 1676 (v.8) Health Record Systems 182
History and development of disease classification, the structure and conventions of ICD-10-AM, basic coding principles and the retrieval of relevant information from health records fort the classification of diseases and procedures in medicine. Pharmacological terminology, drug groups, their use and action, current drug and therapeutic interventions used in the treatment of disease. Medical and surgical terminology.