HIT1900 HIT Professional Practice I
This course provides the student with practical experience in an affiliated healthcare facility or in a simulated environment in a health information technology lab. Students will apply their knowledge and skills of billing and coding under the instruction of health information professionals. Students will maintain contact and supervision with a full-time faculty through online discussions, assignments, and journaling. The student will also develop the skills necessary to communicate effectively across the full range of roles that will be encountered in health care and public health settings necessary to communicate effectively across the full range of roles that will be encountered in health care and public health settings. Students have an opportunity to prepare for a coding certification exam through the use of professional review guides. 1 semester hour. 1 Cr Hr. Course Requirement(s): Program Permission.
Prerequisite
Program Permission