Health Information Technology

General Education Requirements:

Credit Hours

Area A — 

Communications

EGL 101

3

One course from: EGL 102, EGL 111, EGL 212, SPE 103
(EGL 111 Recommended)

3

Area B — 

Mathematics

0

(No course needed)

Area C — 

Science

8

BIO 131 and BIO 132

Area D — 

Social and Behavioral Sciences

3

One course from a social or behavioral science discipline

Area E — 

Humanities/Fine Arts

3

One course from a humanities or fine arts discipline

Area F — 

Contemporary Global Studies*

0-3

One course that satisfies Contemporary Global Studies requirement

Total General Education Requirements:

20

Major Requirements:

Credit Hours

HIT 104 Medical Terminology

3

HIT 105 Advanced Medical Terminology

1

HIT 108 International Classification of Disease (ICD)

3

HIT 120 Evaluation and Management Coding in CPT

1

HIT 121 Fundamentals of Health Information Management

3

HIT 126 Healthcare Classification Systems and Registries

2

HIT 170 CPT Coding

2

HIT 194 Health Informatics for Healthcare Professions

3

HIT 201 Fundamentals of Medical Science

3

HIT 221 Quality Improvement and Assessment in Healthcare

3

HIT 222 Supervisory and Legal Aspects

3

HIT 251 Health Information Technology Practice 1

3

HIT 252 Health Information Technology Practice 2

3

HIT 260 Reimbursement Issues

3

Select three credits from the following:

3

CAB 130 Presentation Software Using PowerPoint

2

CAB 135 Electronic Spreadsheeting Using Excel

2

CAB 140 Database Applications Using Access

3

HIT 113 ICD-9-CM Coding for the Physician Office

2

HIT 115 Insurance Procedures for the Medical Office: Medicare

1

HIT 116 Insurance Procedures for the Medical Office: Non-Medicare

1

HIT 125 Medical Billing Practices

1

PHL 180 Medical Ethics

3

Total Major Requirements:

39

Electives:

Select electives as necessary to complete the 61-credit-hour required total.

Total Electives:

0-2

Total Semester Credit Hours for Associate in Applied Science Degree:

61