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• AHS 146: Phlebotomy Experience

  7.00 Credits

  Piedmont Technical College

  
  This course includes comprehensive clinical experiences in medical laboratory specimen collections transport storage and basic test procedures. Corequisite(s): AHS 143. (3/9) Corequisite:    AHS 143 AND AHS 143 AND AHS 143 AND AHS 143
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• AHS 152: Health Care Procedures II

  6.00 Credits

  Piedmont Technical College

  
  This course includes concurrent coordinated clinical experiences in advanced patient/client care skills. Prequisite(s): AHS 102 and AHS 163. Corequisite(s): AHS 144 and AHS 177. (4/6) Corequisite:    AHS 177 AND AHS 144
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• AHS 155: Special Topics in Health Care

  3.00 Credits

  Piedmont Technical College

  
  This course emphasizes specialized job-related education in health care. (3/0)
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• AHS 156: Electrocardiography Practicum

  1.00 Credits

  Piedmont Technical College

  
  This course provides a detailed study and practice necessary to perform ECGs in a hospital physician's office or other health care setting. The student will be able to perform and interpret basic ECGs. (1/0)
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• AHS 161: Introduction to Health Careers

  1.00 Credits

  Piedmont Technical College

  
  This course introduces the student to a variety of health careers. (1/0)
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• AHS 163: Long-Term Care

  5.00 Credits

  Piedmont Technical College

  
  This course emphasizes the basic skills needed to care for residents in the long-term care setting. Students will apply practical use of these skills through clinical experiences in a long-term care facility. (4/3)
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• AHS 170: Fundamentals of Disease

  3.00 Credits

  Piedmont Technical College

  
  This course provides a study of general principles of disease and the disorders that affect the human body with an emphasis on symptoms and signs routinely assessed in health care facilities. (3/0)
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• AHS 171: Introduction to Medical Coding

  4.00 Credits

  Piedmont Technical College

  
  This course is an introduction to the concepts of health care billing and reimbursement using guidelines of Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) nomenclature and ICD9 (International Classification of Disease). Concurrent Prerequisite(s): BIO 112. Corequisite(s): AHS 102. (4/0) Corequisite:    AND AHS 116 AND CPT 101 AND AHS 116 AND AHS 102
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• AHS 172: Medical Coding&Classification

  5.00 Credits

  Piedmont Technical College

  
  This course is an advanced study and application of CPT and ICD9 principles as related to the procedures used by private and governmental health insurance programs. Ethical concerns related to reimbursement principles will be emphasized. Prerequisite(s): AHS 171. (5/0) Corequisite:    AND AND AND AHS 174 AND AHS 173 AND AHS 174 AND AHS 173
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• AHS 173: Medical Coding Special Topics

  2.00 Credits

  Piedmont Technical College

  
  This course is a review of the principles of medical coding billing and use of ICD 9 and CPT resources in preparation for the national certification examination administered by AHIMA AAPC and AMBA. Prerequisite(s): AHS 172. Corequisite(s): AHS 174. (2/0) Corequisite:    AHS 174 AND AHS 174 AND AHS 174 AND AHS 174 AND AHS 172 AND AHS 174 AND AHS 172
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