Health Information Technology
Certificate
Become a Health Information Technician, specializing in medical billing and insurance, front office support, or medical health information management. Many of the certificate options can be completed by taking classes exclusively on weekdays, exclusively on evenings/weekends, or in a combination of day, evening and weekend classes.
Program/Major/Concentration Codes: CRTOAH/OAM/**** (See concentration codes below)
What can I do with this degree?
Career Options: Become a coder, insurance or medical records technician, or professional in a medical facility or health care or insurance agency.
Academic Options: Continue your studies by taking additional courses toward the Health Information Technology concentration of the Office and Administrative Professions degree.
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Program Requirements
Program Prerequisites
Before enrolling in Health Information Technology Certificate classes, you must fulfill the following requirements with a grade of C or better.
| Credits | ||
| CSA 100 Computer Literacy | 1 | |
| Subtotal | 1 | |
Required Core Courses
| Course # | Course Title | Credits |
| BIO 160IN |
Introduction to Human Anatomy and Physiology* |
4 |
| HIT 100 | Introduction to Health Information Management | 3 |
| HIT 105 | Medical Terminology | 4 |
| HIT 125 | Pathophysiology and Pharmacology for HIT | 4 |
| Subtotal | 15 | |
Concentrations
Complete courses from one concentration
| Course # | Course Title | Credits |
| Medical Billing and Coding Concentration (Concentration Code: OAHB) | ||
| HIT 101 | Introduction to ICD Coding | 3 |
| HIT 102 | CPT Coding | 3 |
| HIT 112 | Health Insurance and Medical Billing | 3 |
| HIT 201 | Advanced ICD Coding | 3 |
| or HIT 202 | Hospital Procedural Coding | |
| Subtotal | 12 | |
| Medical Front Office Support Concentration (Concentration Code: OAHF) | ||
| CSA 110 | Spreadsheets: Microsoft Excel | 3 |
| CSA 120 | Word Processing: Word | 3 |
| HIT 112 | Health Insurance and Medical Billing | 3 |
| HIT 225 | Health Management Information Systems Projects | 3 |
| or HIT 290 | Health Information Technology Internship | |
| Subtotal | 12 | |
| Health Information Management Concentration (Concentration Code: OAHM) | ||
| HIT 145 | Introduction to Health Data Management | 2 |
| HIT 175 | Health Information Statistics and Research | 4 |
| HIT 210 | Medical Quality Assurance and Supervision | 3 |
| HIT 225 | Health Management Information Systems Projects | 3 |
| or HIT 290 | Health Information Technology Internship | |
| Subtotal | 12 | |
| Total | 28 | |
* For students in their final semester of HIT course work.