2022-2023 College Catalog

Health Information Management Technology AAS

Health Information Management Technology AAS (Major Code: HI13)

The Health Information Management Technology program is a sequence of courses designed to provide students with the technical knowledge and skills necessary to process, maintain, analyze, and report health information data according to legal, accreditation, licensure and certification standards for reimbursement, facility planning, marketing, risk management, utilization management, quality assessment and research. Program graduates will develop leadership skills necessary to serve in a functional supervisory role in various components of the health information system.

Accreditation

The Health Information Management Technology program accreditor of Atlanta Technical College is the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM). The College’s accreditation for Associate of Applied Science degree in Health Information Management Technology has been reaffirmed through 2022. All inquiries about the program’s accreditation status should be directed to:

CAHIIM
200 East Randolph Street
Suite 5100, Chicago, IL, 60601
(312) 235-3255
info@cahiim.org

Program Outcomes

HIMT Academic Year 2021-2022, program outcomes are as follows:
- The program’s graduation rate is 90%
- The program’s retention rate is 80%
- The program’s employment rate is 100% of HIMT graduates that take the RHIT national exam obtain gainful employment in the HIM field within one year of graduation

Program Description

Programmatic Accreditation

Career Information

Admission Requirements

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Program Contact Information

Program Length and Cost

Required Courses

 
ENGL 1101Composition and Rhetoric

3

And

SPCH 1101Public Speaking

3

XXXX xxxxSocial-Behavioral Science Elective

3

Select one of the following Math Courses

MATH 1111College Algebra

3

Or

MATH 1100Quantitative Skills and Reasoning

3

Or

MATH 1101Mathematical Modeling

3

Or

MATH 1103Quantitative Skills and Reasoning

3

XXXX xxxxHumanities-Fine Arts Elective

3

MATH 1127Introduction to Statistics

3

ALHS 1090Medical Terminology for Allied Health Sciences

2

BIOL 2113Anatomy and Physiology I

3

BIOL 2113LAnatomy and Physiology Lab I

1

BIOL 2114Anatomy and Physiology II

3

BIOL 2114LAnatomy and Physiology Lab II

1

HIMT 1100Introduction to Health Information Technology

3

HIMT 1151Computer Applications in Healthcare

4

HIMT 1200Legal Aspects of Healthcare

3

HIMT 1250Health Record Content and Structure

2

HIMT 1360Introduction to Pathopharmacotherapy

3

HIMT 1400Coding and Classification - ICD Basic

4

HIMT 1410Coding and Classification - ICD Advanced

3

HIMT 2150Healthcare Statistics

3

HIMT 2200Performance Improvement

3

HIMT 2300Healthcare Management

3

HIMT 2400Coding and Classification - CPT/HCPCS

3

HIMT 2410Revenue Cycle Management

3

HIMT 2460Health Information Technology Practicum

3

Program Outcomes