CIM 220 - Abstracting Principles & Practices II

Credit(s) 2.00
Lab Hours: 4.00
This course continues to 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 & 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.
Corequisite(s): CIM 215 taken first 8 weeks
SLOs:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Select necessary demographic data on cancer patients and assign required codes for data fields.
Select necessary medical history data on cancer patients and assign required codes for data fields.
Select 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.
Select necessary treatment data on cancer patients and assign required codes for data fields.
Apply cancer staging data fields accurately.