UNIT

HLTCCD003Use medical terminology in health care

Release 2Current

Modification History

Release

Comments

Release 2

Release 2 HLTCCD003 Use medical terminology in health care supersedes and is equivalent to Release 1 HLTCCD003 Use medical terminology in health care.

Updated:

Mapping details and minor corrections

Release 1

HLTCCD003 Use medical terminology in health care no equivalent unit.

Application

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to apply an understanding of medical terminology to interpret clinical documentation and communicate with health care professionals.

This unit applies to health care professionals who are responsible for interpreting patient clinical information for the purposes of providing health care services. Work may be performed as an individual or as part of a team under limited supervision.

The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, Australian standards and industry codes of practice.

No occupational licensing, certification or specific legislative requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

Pre-requisite Unit

Nil

Competency Field

Clinical Coding

Unit Sector

Health Administration

Unit Mapping Information

No Equivalent Unit

Links

Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=ced1390f-48d9-4ab0-bd50-b015e5485705

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