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HIMA220 - Classification Systems I

Course Details

Course Code: HIMA220 Course ID: 4900 Credit Hours: 3 Level: Undergraduate

This course will introduce the student to the principles of taxonomy. The course will include purposes of classifying diseases, clinical vocabularies, and terminologies/nomenclatures. The interaction of different Prospective Payment Systems with classification systems will be emphasized. Data quality, the Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set as well as coding/sequencing guidelines and advanced topics in diagnosis and procedural coding. (Prerequisites: BIOL201 and HIMA100)

Course Schedule

Registration Dates Course Dates Start Month Session Weeks
Registration02/23/2026 - 07/31/2026 Course Dates08/03/2026 - 09/27/2026 Start Month August SessionSummer 2026 Session I Weeks8 Week session
Registration05/25/2026 - 10/30/2026 Course Dates11/02/2026 - 12/27/2026 Start Month November SessionFall 2026 Session I Weeks8 Week session

Previous Syllabi

Not current for future courses.