Medical Coding and Reimbursement Specialist

CURRICULUM
Certificate of Completion

Updated 9/13/09

Program requirements
Students are required to confer with HCI program faculty for curriculum planning due to prerequisite requirements in many courses and because not all courses are offered each quarter. There are several types of plans that students can choose to complete their curriculum. Two suggested sequences are provided to you below for full-time students and one for part-time students. It is important to meet with an HCI faculty member to advise you.

Suggested Curriculum Plans

Suggested Sequence of Classes – Plan A – Full-Time Student

Fall, Year 1

Winter, Year 1

Spring , Year 1

Summer, Year 1

Fall, Year 2

Biol&170
HCI 134
HCI 120

HCI 174
HCI 175
HCI 125
HCI 171

HCI 172
HCI 154
HCI 170
CIS 105

HCI 173
ENGL& 101
BUS 104

HCI 225
HCI 228
ACCT 101

Human Biology
Medical Terminology
Survey of Health Care Delivery

Pharmacology
Human Diseases
Hospital and Clinic Records
Basic ICD-9-CM Coding

CPT Coding
Medical Reimbursement
Legal Aspects of Health Care
Computer Applications or other Quantitative Reasoning course

Intermediate Medical Coding
Composition and Expository Prose
Human Relations in Business*

Computers in Health Care
Medical Coding Practicum
Principles of Accounting

5
5
4

3
5
5
5

4
5
4
5

5
5
5 OR BUS 105 (2 credits)

5
2
5

* Or HCI 224 Management for Health Information Supervisors available for HIT program students.

Suggested Sequence of Classes – Plan B – Full-Time Student

Summer, Year 1

Fall, Year 1

Winter, Year 1

Spring , Year 1

Summer, Year 1

Fall, Year 2

BIOL&170
Eng 101

HCI 134
HCI 120
HCI 174
CIS 105

HCI 175
HCI 125
HCI 173

HCI 172
HCI 154
HCI 170

HCI 173
ACCT 101
BUS 104

HCI 225
HCI 228

Human Biology
Composition and Expository Prose

Medical Terminology
Survey of Health Care Delivery
Pharmacology
Computer Applications

Human Diseases
Hospital and Clinic Records
Basic ICD-9-CM Coding

CPT Coding
Medical Reimbursement
Legal Aspects of Health Care

Intermediate Medical Coding
Principles of Accounting
Human Relations in Business*

Computers in Health Care
Medical Coding Practicum

5
5

5
4
3
5

5
5
5

4
5
4

5
5
5 (or BUS 105 - 2 credits)

5
2

* Or HCI 224 Management for Health Information Supervisors available for HIT program students.

Suggested Sequence of Classes – Plan C – Part-Time Student

Summer, Year 1

Fall, Year 1

Winter, Year 1

Spring , Year 1

Summer, Year 1

Fall, Year 2

Winter, Year 2

Spring, Year 2

Summer, Year 2

Fall, Year 3

ENG& 101
CIS 105

BIOL&170
HCI 134

HCI 125
HCI 174

HCI 170

ACCT 101

HCI 120
HCI 225

HCI 175
HCI 171

HCI 172
HCI 154

HCI 173
BUS 104

HCI 228

Composition and Expository Prose
Computer Applications

Human Biology
Medical Terminology

Hospital and Clinic Records
Pharmacology

Legal Aspects of Health Care

Principles of Accounting

Survey of Health Care Delivery
Computers in Health Care

Human Diseases
Basic ICD-9-CM Coding

CPT Coding
Medical Reimbursement

Intermediate Medical Coding
Human Relations in Business*

Medical Coding Practicum

5
5

5
5

5
3

4

5

4
5

5
5

4
5

5
5 (or BUS 105 - 2credits)

2

* Or HCI 224 Management for Health Information Supervisors available for HIT program students.

Recommended Electives (Not Required)

BUSTC 150

Excel

5

CIS

Most Computer Information Systems courses when prerequisites are met

Communications courses for ESL students