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Academic Courses

Health Information Technology

HIT 108
Basic Health Record Classification Systems
1-3-0-2
Principles and practice of coding using the International Classification of Diseases - 9th Revision - Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM). Prerequisites: HIT 114. Corequisite: HIT 221. For HIT majors only. Formerly MRT 109. Additional course fee: $79.

HIT 207
Clinical Practice I
0-0-8-2
The course places students at affiliated health information departments. It provides them with the opportunity to apply knowledge from the classroom to the clinical setting. Emphasis is placed on the practical applications of the theory of health record keeping in areas such as filing, release of information, compiling statistics and coding. Prerequisite: HIT 102, 114, 122. Corequisite: HIT 108, 201. Additional course fee: $132.

HIT 208
Clinical Practice II
0-0-16-4
The course places students at affiliated health information departments. It provides them with the opportunity to apply knowledge from the classroom to the clinical setting. Emphasis is placed in specialized applications of health record keeping in areas such as ICD-9 and CPT coding and reimbursement, tumor registry, long term care, rehabilitation facilities and quality management. Prerequisites: HIT 201, 108, 207. Corequisites: HIT 209, 210. Additional course fee: $132.

HIT 209
Advanced Health Record Classification Systems
2-3-0-3
Principles and practice of advanced coding using the International Classifi-cation of Diseases - 9th Revision - Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM). Students will use software to code and classify diseases and procedures. They will use existing knowledge to select, sequence and code problems and actual health records. Principles and practice using the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding system to code ambulatory care records will also be presented. Students will use the DRG and APG groupers to see how proper coding affects the inpatient reimbursement process. Prerequisite: HIT 108, 114, 221. For HIT majors only. Additional course fee: $79.