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HITE 2738 Oncology Coding and Staging Systems (Online Course Only) (3-3-4)
Concepts of coding and staging of malignant neoplasms, including a general overview of
International Classification of Disease for Oncology (ICD-O) nomenclature and
classification system; AJCC and SEER staging extent of disease concepts used by
physicians and cancer surveillance orgaizations to determine treatment and survival.
Prerequisites: HITE 2423, HITE 2721
Corequisites: HITE 2731, HITE 2752.
Offered: Spring.
HITE 2745 Abstracting Principles I (Online Course Only) (2-3-3)
Introduction to the principles of cancer registry abstracting; identificaiton and selection of
appropriate clinical information from medical records in a manner consistent with cancer
registry core data item requirements recording; coding and staging site-specific cancer
information; manual and computerized applications will be introduced.
Prerequisites: Admission to the AS Degree program, HITE 2423, HITE 2721, HITE
2738.
Corequisites: None.
Offered: Fall.
HITE 2746 Abstracting Principles II (Online Course Only) (2-3-3)
Continuation of the applications of the principles of cancer registry abstracting;
identification and selection of appropriate clinical information from medical records in a
manner consistent with cancer registry core data item requirements recording; coding and
staging site-specific cancer informaiton; use of quality control edits to assure timelines,
completeness and accuracy of data.
Prerequisites: Admission to the AS program, HITE 2724, HITE 2731, HITE 2738, HITE
2745, HITE 2717, HITE 2423.
Corequisite: HITE 2759.
Offered: Spring.
HITE 2752 Cancer Statistics and Epidemiology (Online Course Only) (2-0-2)
Introduction to cancer statistics, descriptive and analytic, epidemiology, cancer
surveillance, annual report preparation, presentation of cancer data and special studies;
use of cancer statistical data for marketing and strategic planning.
Prerequisites: HITE 2717.
Corequisites: HITE 2731.
Offered: Fall and Spring.
HITE 2759 Clinical Practicum (Online Course Only) (0-11-5)
Clinical experience performing actual tasks in registry management, data collection
processes, data utilization and computer applications under the supervision of a CTR
(Certified Tumor Registrar.)
Prerequisites: HITE 2717, HITE 2723, HITE 2724, HITE 2731, HITE 2738, HITE 2745.
Corequisites: HITE 2746.
Offered: On demand.
HLTH 1150 Principles & Practices of Well-Being (2-0-2)
A study of health promotion education covering topics such as consequences of lifestyle
choices, behavior modification of coronary risk factors, psychological motivation
techniques, and application of wellness screening.
Prerequisite: None.
Offered: On demand.