AUSTRALIAN CODING CLASSES IN KOCHI
C omplete a clinical coding course that is accredited by the Health Information Management Association of Australia (HIMAA), such as a Diploma of Clinical Coding (HLT50321) or Bachelor of Health Information Management. INTODUCTION Recently, researchers in Australia, America, England, and Canada have conducted national surveys of clinical coders in their respective countries. In Australia in 2002, the National Centre for Classification in Health (NCCH) in collaboration with the Health Information Management Association of Australia and the Clinical Coders' Society of Australia conducted the National Clinical Coder Workforce survey, a study of clinical coders and coding managers. 1 In America, in 2002, the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) commissioned an independent national workforce research study to the Center for Health Workforce Studies (CHWS), State University of New York at Albany, to provide a picture of health information management roles t...