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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY HCM168 Second Term (Spring) 3 + 0 4

TYPE OF COURSE UNITCompulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITBachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY1
SEMESTERSecond Term (Spring)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED4
NAME OF LECTURER(S)Instructor Barış Cihan
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT At the end of this course, the students;
1) Have information about the historical development of Medical Documents and Medical
Documentation processes, know the medical documents that are in the general use of health service
providers.
2) Have information about the Total Quality Management operation and legal rules during the
production, preservation, putting into service and destruction of medical documents.
3) Gain information about the common aspects of medical informatics and medical documentation
processes.
4) Medical terms; will be able to analyze based on root, prefix and suffix structures, gain the ability
to recognize, read and understand medical terminological words, recognize anatomical, diagnostic,
surgical and symptom-related terms belonging to body systems and organs.
5) Knows the historical development processes of the classification of diseases and the World Health
Organization's Disease Classification systems in the International Disease Classification Family.
6) Knows how to scan Electronic and Physical Patient Files using disease information, medical
terminology and anatomy, how to check information in medical documents and how to code Disease
Diagnosis and Procedures using ICD-10 CM / ICD-10-AM systems.
7) Learns the concept, system and usage purposes of Diagnosis-related group (DRG) at entry level.
8) Learns to follow the current practices in the field of health and the coding processes of diseases
on the websites of institutions such as the Ministry of Health and WHO.
MODE OF DELIVERYFace to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSENo
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTThere is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
COURSE DEFINITIONUnder the main headings of medical informatics, medical documentation processes and introduction to medical terminology;Common topics of Medical Documentation and Medical Informatics, Medical terminological analysis and readings, Historical development processes of classification of diseases, World Health Organization's Disease Classification systems in the International Disease Classification Family will be discussed. Studies will be conducted on how to read the diagnosis and treatment information in Electronic and Physical Patient Files and how to code them according to ICD-10 Clinical Coding systems.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEKTOPICS
1st Week Introduction: Basic Concepts and definitions, history
2nd Week Terminological Terms I
3rd Week Terminological Terms II
4th Week Terminological Terms III
5th Week Patient Records and Records Office
6th Week Productivity in Primary Care
7th Week Midterm Exam
8th Week Datasets
9th Week Ethical Health Records
10th Week Law Problems
11th Week Coding and Classification I
12th Week Coding and Classification II
13th Week Coding and Classification III
14th Week ICD-10 and ICPC
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READINGICD-10 10th revision Fifth edition Volume 1,2,3 PDF / WHO
Öksüz, E. Malhan S. Birinci Basamak Sağlık Hizmetlerinde Kodlama ve Sınıflandırma
https://www.who.int/standards/classifications/classification-of-diseases
Irwin W. Sherman, Dünyamızı Değiştiren 12 Hastalık, İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları,2021
Cem Say,Yeni DünyaYeni Ağ, Destek Yayınları,2020
Cumhur Ertekin,Tıbbın Öyküsü, İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları,2022
https://shgmsgudb.saglik.gov.tr/TR-6269/teshis-iliskili-gruplar-tig.html
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODSLecture,Practice
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Mid-term140
Total(%)40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)60
Total(%)100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONTurkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

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