12069 (v.5) Nosology 182

Area:

School of Public Health

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

4.0

** 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. **

Tutorial:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

1643 (v.7) Human Biology 133 or any previous version
AND
1675 (v.8) Health Record Systems 181 or any previous version

Co Requisite(s):

1644 (v.7) Human Biology 134
AND
1676 (v.9) Health Record Systems 182

Syllabus:

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 for the classification of diseases and procedures in medicine. Terms relating to the body, medical examinations, specialties and body systems, stems, prefixes and suffixes, medical and surgical terminology.

** 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

Funding Cluster:

06 - Computing, Built Environment, Health

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
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y			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