LIFE SCIENCES

Certificate Programs
Health Information Coding and Statistics Clerk This program is designed to prepare participants to perform virtually all nonsupervisory tasks in a health information department including 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

ANATOMY 1	Introduction to Human Anatomy
or
BIOLOGY 20*	Introduction to Human Anatomy and Physiology	4-8
HIT 100	Health Information Tech Survey	3
HIT 103*	Introduction to ICD-9-CM Coding	3
HIT 106 *	Hospital Ethics and Law	2
HIT 110*	Ambulatory Care Coding	2
HIT 133*	Medical Terminology	3
HIT 215*	Inpatient Coding and Abstracting	3
HIT 202*	Directed Practice for Coding Specialists
or
HIT 231*	Directed Practice in Health Info. Procedures I
or
HIT 941*	Cooperative Education � Health Information Technology	4
HIT 207*	Introduction to Health Statistics	3
HIT 234*	Introduction to Pathology	5
CAOT 32	Business English
or
ENGLISH 101***	College Reading and Comp. I	3
CAOT 2**	Typewriting/Keyboarding II	3

	Total	38-42

*This course has a prerequisite.
**Or typing skill of 40 w.p.m. is required.
***English 101 or other English course fulfilling graduation requirement.