HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT -- MEDICAL RECORDS CODER
Mountain View
(Certificate)
- Students pursuing this certificate are waived from the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) standards, but must meet course prerequisites.
- Students must earn at least 25% of the credit hours required for graduation through instruction by the college awarding the degree.
Degree Plan Code: C1.HIMT.CODING.06
A Medical Records Coding Specialist assigns and sequences diseases and procedures with set classification standards and codes (ICD-9-CM, CPT, and HCFA). Responsibilities include the abstracting of medical information from outpatient and inpatient commercial, day surgery, emergency room, clinic and gastroenterology, medical records for statistical research and study purposes, and audits of unbilled accounts reports. The skills required for successful performance of this job include a working knowledge of human anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, the disease process, organization and communication skills. This certificate program provides a number of external learning experiences and culminates with a capstone experience.
SEMESTER I
SEMESTER II
| SCIT 1408 |
Applied Human Anatomy and Physiology II OR |
4 |
| BIOL 2402 |
Anatomy and Physiology II |
(4) |
| MDCA 1302 |
Human Disease/Pathophysiology |
3 |
| HITT 1401 |
Health Data Content and Structure |
4 |
| HITT 1441 |
Coding and Classification Systems |
4 |
| HITT 2231 |
Medical Terminology - Advanced |
2 |
|
|
17 |
SEMESTER III
| HITT 1160 |
Clinical - Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician |
1 |
| HITT 2335 |
Coding and Reimbursement Methodologies |
3 |
|
|
4 |
| Minimum Hours Required |
|
37 |
#BIOL 1406, Biology for Science Majors I or SCIT 1407 Applied Human Anatomy and Physiology I are prerequisites to BIOL 2401.
