Course Description:
Basic Medical Terminology
Developed July, 2003 - Reviewed October, 2007
SUMMARY
This basic medical terminology course will provide the framework needed before advancing to a more comprehensive medical terminology course designed for those seeking to become a coder. This course will focus on the many components of a medical term and how to break down a medical term by simply knowing the meaning of the prefix or suffix. By learning the individual parts of a medical word, you will not need to memorize hundreds of complex medical terms and their definitions.
This is a great beginner course to take on your career path as a coder, and also serves equally well as a refresher for all health information managment professionals. This is a prequisite course for the advanced medical terminology course for coding that will be available this fall.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Learn the basic rules and elements of a medical term.
Learn the medical terms related to body structure.
Learn 100's of medical suffixes and prefixes to recognize and correctly form medical terms.
EQUIPMENT/MATERIALS NEEDED
Access to the Internet with a 33.6 or higher modem speed.
Access to a printer to print out the tables included in this lesson OR 3"x5" index cards and marker in order to make flashcards.
INSTRUCTOR
Dee Mandley, RHIT, CCS, CCS-P
President
D.Mandley
& Associates
dmandley@neo.rr.com
Ms. Mandley has over 15 years of experience in coding and education. She is currently owns her own consulting business D.Mandley
& Associates.
BENEFITS
Obtain immediate access to the course by registering online and
paying by
or 
on OHIMA’s secure server.
Receive valuable review information and continuing education credits at a very affordable price with no travel time or expenses.
Complete the course in the comfort of your own home or office at your convenience, leaving and re-entering course as you desire.
Obtain printed course material by printing documents from your
printer.
