CIM 215 - Abstracting Principles & Practices I

Credit(s) 2.00
Lab Hours: 4.00
This course will introduce students to the principles of cancer registry abstracting. Identification and selection of appropriate clinical information from medical records in a manner consistent with cancer registry regulatory core data item requirements will be emphasized. Recording accurate coding and staging of site-specific cancer information and use of CNExT cancer registry software from C/NET solutions will be introduced/.

Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of C- in CIM 200, CIM 205, CIM 210, and CIM 230.
SLOs:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Prepare necessary demographic data on cancer patients and assign required codes for data fields.
Prepare necessary medical history data on cancer patients and assign required codes for data fields.
Prepare necessary diagnostic data on cancer patients and assign required codes for data fields.
Identify the major characteristics in the diagnosis of cancer; topography, morphology, tumor behavior, and grading of the tumor.
Code completely the major characteristics in the diagnosis of cancer; topography, morphology, tumor behavior, and grading of the tumor.
Prepare necessary treatment data on cancer patients and assign required codes for data fields.
Accurately assign cancer staging data fields.