Admission to the Health Information Technology program requires candidates to be a high school graduate or have a General Education Development (GED) certificate. Entering students are also required to interview with an admissions representative and complete the NBC placement test as part of the admissions process.
Students fulfilling degree requirements for an Associate in Applied Science degree in Health Information Technology must complete a curriculum that qualifies them to organize and evaluate medical records, code patient records according to standard classifications, consult with physicians to clarify diagnoses and treatment, and use computer programs to tabulate and analyze data. Below is a list of the required coursework not including 34 additional General Education credit hours.
HI110 Health Data Content and Structure 6 credit hours
HI112 Health Care Statistics and Data Literacy 3 credit hours
HI115 Supervised Professional Practicum I 1 credit hour
HI213 Coding and Classification Systems I 3 credit hours
HI214 Coding and Classification Systems II 3 credit hours
HI216 Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care 4 credit hours
HI218 Health Information Supervision and Organization 3 credit hours
HI221 Information Systems in Health Care 4 credit hours
HI223 Clinical Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement 4 credit hours
HI225 Supervised Professional Practicum II 2 credit hours
HI231 Coding and Classification Systems III 3 credit hours
HI232 Coding and Classification Systems IV 3 credit hours
HI235 Supervised Professional Practicum III 3 credit hours
AH113 Medical Terminology I 3 credit hours
AH114 Medical Terminology 3 credit hours
AH115 Anatomy and Physiology I 3 credit hours
AH116 Anatomy and Physiology II 3 credit hours
AH117 Pathophysiology I 3 credit hours
AH118 Pathophysiology II 3 credit hours
AH119 Pharmacology 2 credit hours
CS125 Presentation Graphics 2 credit hours
CS140 Intermediate Database 2 credit hours
