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Professional Practice

Class Number: MEDREC 10530196-1 - Professional Practice
Offering Status: Open
Academic Level: Post_Secondary
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Course Description

10-530-196 PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE ...applies previously acquired skills and knowledge by means of clinical experiences in the technical procedures of health record systems and discussion of clinical situations. Student may participate in a supervised clinical experience in healthcare facilities (Prerequisite: 10-530-165, Intermediate Coding; Corequisites: 10-530-161, Health Quality Management; 10-530-166, HIT Capstone; 10-530-164 Intro to Health Informatics)

Course Typically Offered

  • Fall
  • Spring

Most NWTC classes are offered in 8-week sessions. Learn more about how our class schedule can help you succeed.

What will I learn?

  1. Exhibit professional and ethical behavior in a professional practice setting with assistance
  2. Manage health data in a clinical environment (billing, coding, deficiency analysis) with assistance IA-D
  3. Analyze clinical data to apply to health statistics, biomedical research, and quality management with assistance IIA-B
  4. Apply legal and regulatory requirements to healthcare delivery system information infrastructure with assistance IIIA-B
  5. Use information technology to manage health information (record tracking, release of information, coding, grouping, registries, billing, quality improvement, and imaging) with assistance IVA-E
  6. APPLY data governance principles to ensure the quality of health data
  7. APPLY coding and reimbursement systems
  8. MODEL professional behaviors and ethics
  9. APPLY informatics and analytics in data use
  10. APPLY organizational management techniques

Class Details

Class Number:
MEDREC 10530196-1 - Professional Practice
Date:
-
Delivery:
Online
Term:
2025 Fall Session 2
Estimated Cost:
$725.55 *

Class Notes

This is an Online class that can be accessed anywhere using internet. For more information regarding this delivery and how to access your class, see www.nwtc.edu/onlinefaq.

Meetings Times

Dates Day(s) / Time Location
10/22/2025 - 12/19/2025 Online
12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

* Cost displayed is based on in-state residency. Back to cost