LIFE SCIENCES
Certificate Programs
Health Information Coding Specialist This program is designed to prepare participants to code and abstract health records in hospitals and other health care facilities using the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM), Current Procedural Terminology, 4th Edition, (CPT-4), and other current classification systems.
SUBJECT& NO.	COURSE	UNITS
HIT 100**	Health Info. Tech Survey	3
HIT 103*	Introduction to ICD-9-CM Coding	3
HIT 106*	Hospital Ethics and Law	2
HIT 133*	Medical Terminology	3
HIT 110*	Ambulatory Care Coding	2
HIT 208*	Introduction to Pharmacology	1
HIT 215*	Inpatient Coding and Abstracting	3
HIT 202 *	Directed Practice for Coding Specialists
or
HIT 231*	Directed Practice in Health Information Procedure I
or
HIT 941*	Cooperative Education -Health Information Technology .	4
HIT 234*	Introduction to Pathology	5
ANATOMY 1	Introduction to Human Anatomy	4
PHYSIOL 1*	Introduction to Human Physiology	4
CO SCI 201	Introduction to Computers and Their Uses	3
CO SCI 291	Programming Laboratory	1
	Total	38
*This course has a prerequisite
**Or one year experience working with medical records.