Arapahoe Community College
2012-2013 Catalog
Health Information Technology (Medical Records) AAS
Associate of Applied Science Degree
CIP 510707 (HIT1)
The Health Information Technology (HIT) program enables the student to develop the technical skills necessary for managing health information within the healthcare delivery system. The health information field has employment opportunities in hospitals, long term care, ambulatory care, mental health and other healthcare facilities as well as private industry. Upon successful completion of the program, the graduate is eligible to write the national certification examination and upon successful passing of this examination, receive the RHIT (Registered Health Information Technology) credentials. This program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management (CAHIIM). The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) is the association of health information management (HIM) professionals. AHIMA Web site: www.ahima.org
Admission Requirements
The following are the basic requirements for admission to the Health Information Technology (HIT) program:
- Admission to Arapahoe Community College
- Interview with Chairperson
- Criminal Background Check
- ACCUPLACER scores of 95 on sentence skills, 80 on reading comprehension and 36 on arithmetic (or equivalent ACT / SAT scores or appropriate prior college-level coursework)
Students must contact Annette Bigalk, RHIA, HIT Program Chair for counseling and program planning prior to enrolling in any courses that are part of the HIT curriculum (303.797.5795) or annette.bigalk@arapahoe.edu.
Program Requirements
General Education Courses |
(15 Credit Hours) |
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Intro to PC Applications |
3 |
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Public Speaking OR |
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Interpersonal Communications OR any other higher level Communications course |
3 |
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English Composition 1 (GT-CO1) OR any other higher level Composition/Writing course |
3 |
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General Psychology (GT-SS3) OR any other Psychology course |
3 |
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Select three credits from the list of AAS - General Education Electives |
3 |
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Major Courses |
(50 Credit Hours) |
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Health Information Management Science |
6 |
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Principles of Health Care Reimbursement |
3 |
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Health Data Management and Information Systems |
3 |
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Legal Aspects |
2 |
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Health Information Practicum 1 |
2 |
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ICD Coding I |
3 |
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ICD Coding II |
2 |
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Quality Management |
3 |
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Health Information Management |
3 |
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ICD Coding III |
5 |
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CPT Coding Basic Principles |
2 |
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Code Sets and Vocabularies |
2 |
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Health Information Capstone |
2 |
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Medical Terminology |
3 |
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Basic Medical Science 1 |
3 |
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Basic Medical Science 11 |
3 |
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Basic Medical Science 111 |
3 |
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Total |
65 Credit Hours |
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Graduation Requirements
- All major education and other courses required for this degree must be completed with a “C” or better to meet graduation requirements.
- To graduate, students must apply for graduation and complete the graduation survey (available via myACC). (form available at www.arapahoe.edu/graduation)
- After applying for graduation, all correspondence to a student about the status of their program conferral will be sent to their student email address only.
- As a graduate of a Career and Technical Education program you will be contacted by an ACC employee in approximately six months to verify your employment information. This information gathering is a federal requirement to ensure that ACC receives certain federal funding.
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