Overview
About the course
The only one of its kind in the world, this clinical coded data and develop strategies to implement audit outcomes with this Clinical Coding Auditing course at La Trobe University.
This five-month online course is designed to enhance your skills in auditing coded data and analysing, reporting, and acting on audit outcomes. You must have a qualification in health information management or clinical coding and extensive clinical coding experience.
You will work through the course material in a systematic way within a specified timeframe. Assessment will be by one major assignment and a final examination, plus an ICD-10-AM health classification examination.
Programme Structure
There are four modules in the course:- Module 1 - Principles of Casemix and Activity Based Funding Models
- Module 2 - Theory and Principles of Auditing
- Module 3 - Statistical Analysis and Methodology
- Module 4 - Audit Outcomes: Reporting and Strategic Development
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 3 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
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Disciplines
Statistics Health Informatics View 6 other Short Courses in Statistics in AustraliaWhat students do after studying
Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
CRICOS Provider 00115M
The course is open to:
- those who hold a qualification (Bachelor or Master) in health information management from HIMAA accredited tertiary courses
- HIMAA Certificate IV in Clinical Classification graduates or equivalent
- Certificate IV clinical coders who have completed an approved RTO (VET) clinical coding course
Minimum three years' experience coding in a tertiary hospital, complex case-mix; five years' experience coding at other non-tertiary hospital, less complex case-mix
- A professional reference from current manager (e.g. HIS Manager)
- Currently working at a Health Information Service and/or have access to medical records
- Australian and NZ applicants must be conversant with ICD-10-AM (11th edition)
- International Students must be conversant with ICD-10-AM (minimum of 6th edition)
Tuition Fee
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International
2950 AUD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2950 AUD for the full programme during 3 months. -
National
2950 AUD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2950 AUD for the full programme during 3 months.