Course Code: REL-RCC-PATH-B-22
Hours: 0.5
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2024
Learning Objectives:
Identify these cellular adaptations:
atrophy, hypertrophy, hyperplasia, dysplasia, and metaplasia.
Recognize specific reasons for each of these adaptations.
Specify the mechanism of cellular injury that can result from hypoxia, free radicals and reactive oxygen species, infectious agents, inflammatory and immune responses, genetic factors, insufficient nutrients, and physical trauma.
Identify cellular accumulations that may occur as manifestations of cellular injury.
Compare dystrophic and metastatic calcification.
Differentiate the four major types of necrosis and select examples of tissues affected by each.
Recall the definition of apoptosis.
Reviewer: G Everett Stephens, MD, FAAEM
Reviewer: Karen Krawzik, RHIT, CCS AHIMA Approved ICD-1-CM/PCS Trainer
Reviewer: Martin Huecker, MD
Reviewer: Carol Maimone, RHIT, CCS
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Coding Specialists; in the following settings: Acute Care Facility.
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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.