AMC 201 - Legal and Compliance

Class Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 0 Clinic/WkExp Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 2

Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
Local Prerequisite: Enrollment in Advanced Medical Coding program
Local Corequisite: None

This course covers legal and regulatory processes, privacy and security rules as applied to the coding environment. Topics include legal terminology, health record laws and regulations, internal and external standards and regulations, data security, storage and retrieval, and access and disclosure. Upon completion, students should be able to apply healthcare legal terminology, maintain a legally defensible health record, comply with state and federal privacy and security laws, and adhere to security policies and procedures.