For Program Information please contact:
Joyce S. Waters MA, RHIA, CCS
Instructor
Health Information Technology (HIT)
Atlanta Technical College
1560 Metropolitan Parkway
Atlanta GA 30310
404.225.4511.

jwaters@atlantatech.edu


The Health Information Technology program is a sequence of courses designed to provide students with the technical knowledge and skills necessary to process, maintain, compile, and report health information data for reimbursement, facility planning, marketing, risk management, utilization management, quality assessment and research; to abstract and code clinical data using appropriate classification systems; and to analyze health records according to standards. Also, program graduates will develop leadership skills necessary to serve in a functional supervisory role in various components of the health information system. Students are required to complete two unpaid practicum in the HIT program. Each practicum is 12 credit hours for a total of 120 contact hours per quarter.



Curriculum
 
Essential General Core Courses
20
Area I – English/Humanities/Fine Arts
ENG 1101 Composition and Rhetoric
5
SPC 1101 Public Speaking
5
Area II – Social/Behavioral Sciences
PSY 1101 Introduction to Psychology 
5
Area III – Natural Sciences/Mathematics
MAT 1111 College Algebra
5

Essential Fundamental Technical Courses

62
AHS 109 Medical Terminology for Allied Health Sciences
3
AHS 155 Epidemiology
3
HCMT 203 Healthcare Supervision
5
HCMT 204 Healthcare Management
5
HIT 201 Introduction to Health Info Technology
3
HIT 202 Legal Aspects of Health Info Technology
3
HIT 203 Health Data Management
5
HIT 206 Health Info Technology Practicum I
4
HIT 207 Health Info Technology Practicum II
4
HIT 210 Computers in Health Care
3
MAS 103 Pharmacology
5
MAS 112 Human Diseases
5
SCT 100 Introduction to Microcomputers
 3
HIT 215 Coding and Classification I
4
OR
MAS 151 ICD-9 Coding I
3
HIT 216 Coding and Classification II
4
OR
MAS 152 ICD-9 Coding II
3
HIT 217 Coding and Classification III
3
OR
MAS 153 Physician's Procedural Coding
3
  Minimum Quarter-hour Credits Required for Graduation
87 or 84
  Minimum Program Length in Quarters
7
  Estimated Program Cost
$5,860

ACCREDITATION
Students completeing the HIT Diploma program may trasfer to the HIT Degree program or challenge the CCS-p, CCA or CPC coding certification exam through American Health Information Association (AHMA) or American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC)