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A.A.S. Health Information Technology

Associate Degree
Idaho State University

About the Program

This program will provide students with the skills and knowledge to:

Maintain components of health information systems consistent with the medical, legal, accreditation, and regulatory requirements of the health care delivery system. Maintain, compile, and report health information data for reimbursement, facility planning, marketing, risk management, utilization management, quality assessment, and research as well as to abstract and code clinical data using appropriate classification systems. Analyze health records according to federal, state, and accrediting body standards.

Program Requirements

  • General Education Courses complete the following 5 requirements
    15 credits
    Take the following courses:
    ENGL1101 - Writing and Rhetoric I
    3 credits
    COMM1101 - Fundamentals of Oral Comm
    3 credits
    PSYC1101 - Introduction to Psychology
    3 credits
    Take 1 course from the following 2
    MATH1123 - Math in Modern Society
    3 credits
    MATH1153 - Statistical Reasoning
    3 credits
    Take 3 credits of additional General Education courses
  • Core courses complete the following 17 requirements
    54 credits
    Take the following courses:
    Take 1 course from the following 2
    HO1106 - Medical Terminology
    2 credits
    HCA2210 - Medical Terminology & Communication
    2 credits
    Take 1 course from the following 2
    HO1107 - Medical Law and Ethics
    3 credits
    HCA4475 - Health Law and Bioethics
    3 credits
    Take HO1111 or one of the alternative set of courses listed below:
    HO1111 - Intro Anatomy and Physiology
    4 credits
    Alternative 1 for HO1111
    BIOL2227 - Human Anat and Phys 1
    3 credits
    BIOL2227L - Human Anat and Phys 1 Lab
    1 credit
    BIOL2228 - Human Anat and Phys 2
    3 credits
    BIOL2228L - Human Anat and Phys 2 Lab
    1 credit
    Alternative 2 for HO1111 - Take the following
    BIOL3301 - Advanced Human A&P 1
    3 credits
    BIOL3301L - Advanced Human A&P 1 Lab
    1 credit
    BIOL3302 - Advanced Human A&P 2
    3 credits
    BIOL3302L - Advanced Human A&P 2 Lab
    1 credit
    Take 1 course from the following 3
    HO2208 - Introduction to Pathology
    3 credits
    BIOL2229 - Introduction to Pathobiology
    3 credits
    BIOL3306 - Advanced Pathobiology
    3 credits
    HO2209 - Principles of Drugs and Uses
    3 credits
    HIT2202 - Health Information I
    4 credits
    HIT2204 - Health Information II
    4 credits
    HIT2205 - ICD 10 CM Coding
    3 credits
    HIT2206 - ICD 10 PCS Coding
    3 credits
    HIT2207 - Supervised Prof Practice II
    4 credits
    HIT2209 - CPT Coding
    3 credits
    HIT2213 - Adv Coding and Rev Cycle
    4 credits
    HIT2215 - Introduction to Reimbursement
    2 credits
    HIT2216 - Healthcare Stats and Analytics
    3 credits
    HIT2217 - Quality Improvement
    3 credits
    HIT2220 - Informatics Technology I
    3 credits
    HIT2224 - Informatics Technology II
    3 credits
Grand Total Credits
69

* Please note that you must meet with an advisor each semester in order to verify degree completion time as well as online course offerings for the program requirements.