Health Classification C
UndergraduateLTU-HIM20042025
Course information for 2025 intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 20 July 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- Start dates
- 28 July 2025
- Price from
- $1,164
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Health Classification C
About this subject
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Apply Australian Coding Standards, Conventions and ratified advice accurately in health classification practice at an intermediate level.
- Analyse clinical information to inform clinical documentation improvement.
- Work collaboratively in internal quality control practices for health classification.
- Apply Australian Coding Standards, Conventions and ratified advice at a level of expertise and within timeframes that align with industry expectations.
- Demonstrate knowledge of health classification-financial relationship through accurate assignment of Diagnostic-Related Group (DRG) and National Weighted Activity Unit (NWAU).
- Classification of diseases using the current Australian version of the World Health Organization's International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10-AM)
- Classification of health interventions using the current Australian version of the World Health Organization's Australian Classification for Health Interventions (ACHI)
- Classification of diseases and health interventions using the current Australian version of the World Health Organization's Australian Coding Standards (ACS)
- Activity Based Funding
- National Funding Models and National Weighted Activity Unit (NWAU)
- Diagnostic-Related Group (DRG)
- State and Territory specific admitted care data items
- Medical record abstraction
- Clinical documentation improvement
In this subject, you will develop higher level classification skills to a level of competency that qualifies you professionally, as a workforce entry-level clinical/medical coder. You will further develop your working knowledge of medical science and terminology and be introduced to common clinical documentation deficiencies and practice clinical documentation improvement skills. You will be introduced to the health classification-financial relationship within the context of Activity Based Funding and the National Funding Model and develop a deeper understanding of the classification system by examining Diagnostic-Related Group (DRG) and National Weighted Activity Unit (NWAU) assignment. You will have exposure to State and Territory specific guidelines relevant to admitted care data items, which can impact on coding. This subject is graded only as a Pass (P) or Fail (F). A mark of 75% or greater is required to achieve a Pass grade in line with industry standards and expectations. Recommended for students who have completed all first-year subjects in the Bachelor of Health Information Management.
- Hurdle: Overall subject pass mark of 75% required to meet industry expectations of employability (0%)
- Forum posts and coding scenarios (equiv. 300 words) (10%)
- Forum posts and coding scenarios (200-words equivalent). (5%)
- One team written assignment (250-words equivalent per student) (10%)
- One 1-hour online test (1,000 words equivalent) (25%)
- One x 2-hour online exam (2000 words equivalent) (50%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- LAT-HIM-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Health Information Management
Prior study
You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:
Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).
Others
Prerequisites: Students must be admitted in the following course: HB001O
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Bachelor of Health Information Management
UndergraduateLAT-HIM-DEG