Credit Hours:4 Lecture Hours:3 Lab Hours:1 Contact Hour Total:64 Application of basic coding rules, principles, guidelines, and conventions. Students will learn different nomenclatures and classification systems and will assign codes using appropriate rules, principles, guidelines and conventions. Includes hands-on use of commonly used coding software in the health care industry. Prerequisite(s):HITT 1341Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Workforce Education Course Manual (WECM) course