MCCCD Program Description

Major: 5324 Catalog Year: 2025-2026 Effective Term: 2022 Fall Last Admit Term: 9999 Award: CCL Total Credits: 30-37 CIP Code: 51.0707	Primary College: Initiating College: Phoenix College Program Availability: Not Found Program Availability: College-Specific Program Availability: College-Specific: PC Field of Interest: Health Sciences Instructional Council: Allied Health GPA: 2.00
SOC Code: Upon completion of this certificate, students may pursue a career as: 29-2071.00 Medical Records and Health Information Technicians

Description: The Certificate of Completion (CCL) in Health Information: Long Term Care Settings program prepares individuals for entry-level health information processing positions in long term, home health, and hospice facilities. Students will perform such duties as collecting, analyzing, assembling, releasing, coding, and reporting patient information in both paper and electronic record systems.

Learning Outcomes
1. Demonstrate professional and ethical behavior, and cultural competency skills according to long term care professional practice standards. (HIM103, HIM183) 2. Apply critical and creative thinking skills in decision-making and problem-solving processes in accordance with in long term care standards and best practices. (HIM103, HIM106, HIM183, HIM205, RDG100, RDG100LL) 3. Apply legal and ethical concepts and principles applicable to long term care setting regulations and guidelines. (HIM103, HIM106, HIM183) 4. Use health informatics and health information technologies in long term care settings. (BPC110, HIM103, HIM106, HIM183, HIM205) 5. Apply anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, and medical terminology concepts in the long term care coding function. (BIO156, BIO156XT, BIO181, BIO181XT, BIO201, BIO201XT, BIO202, HCC145, HIM183, HIM200) 6. Apply clinical nomenclatures, vocabularies, classification systems, revenue cycle management processes, and coding compliance concepts according to long term care standards. (BIO156, BIO156XT, BIO181, BIO181XT, BIO201, BIO201XT, BIO202, HCC145, HIM183)

Program Notes
Students must earn a grade of C or better in all courses within the program. The following courses must be completed within five (5) years of the Required Course(s) for which they are Prerequisite requirements: BIO156 or BIO156XT, BIO181 or BIO181XT, BIO201 or BIO201XT, BPC110, and HCC145. Students must be willing to undergo a background check performed by the MCCCD approved vendor. (Students who are unsure of their background status may take a preliminary background check at their own expense before entering the program, results not sent to the college.)

Admission Criteria
Current English assessment reflecting eligibility for ENG101, ENG107, or permission of Program Director. A grade of C or better in RDG100, or RDG100LL, or higher, or eligibility for CRE101. One year of high school or one semester of college-level biology and chemistry is strongly recommended. High school diploma, or GED, or equivalent. Ability to fully participate in classroom, laboratory settings, if applicable. Formal application and admission to the Program are required. Applications can be obtained from advisement or College website.

Required Courses

+ BIO201 Human Anatomy and Physiology I (4) OR
+ BIO201XT Human Anatomy and Physiology I (4) 4

+ BIO202 Human Anatomy and Physiology II 4
BPC110 Computer Usage and Applications 3
HCC145 Medical Terminology for Health Care Professionals 3
+ HIM103 Long Term Care Delivery 4
+ HIM106 Legal and Ethical Aspects of Health Information Management 3
+ HIM183 Diagnostic Coding in Long Term Care Settings 4
+ HIM200 Human Pathophysiology and Pharmacology for Health Information Management (HIM) Professionals 3
+ HIM205 Managing Health Information in Long Term Care Settings 2

Credits: 30

Restricted Electives
Students may need to complete the following coursework for entry into BIO201++ if they have not completed one year of high school biology and are not eligible for CRE101. Permission of Program Director (0) OR + BIO156 Introductory Biology for Allied Health (4) OR + BIO156XT Introductory Biology for Allied Health (4) OR + BIO181 General Biology (Majors) I (4) OR + BIO181XT General Biology (Majors) I (4) OR One Year of high school Biology (0) 0-4 RDG100 Successful College Reading (3) OR RDG100LL Disciplinary Literacy Lab (1) OR Eligibility for CRE101 College Critical Reading and Critical Thinking (0) 0-3	Credits: 0-7

General Electives
	Credits:

+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites.
++ indicates that any suffixed course may be selected.

MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: December 14, 2021

All information published is subject to change without notice. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of information presented, but based on the dynamic nature of the curricular process, course and program information is subject to change in order to reflect the most current information available.