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HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
HIT 102 CPT Coding
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Study and application of Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) and Health Care Procedural Coding System (HCPCS)
coding. Includes coding systems, reimbursement, coding guidelines and standards, evaluation and management, and
surgical, radiology, pathology, and laboratory and medicine procedures.
Prerequisite(s): HIT 101, 110 and OAP 162.
Recommendation: Completion of HIT 111 and OAP 262, 263 is recommended before enrolling in this course.
Information: Experience in the medical field may be substituted for the prerequisite and recommendations. See a fulltime
OAP faculty member for details.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
HIT 110 Medical Billing and Insurance I
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Overview and principles of the basics of health insurance and medical billing. Includes principles of health insurance and
medical billing, health insurance contracts, claims process, insurance terminology, abbreviations, and symbols, diagnostic
and procedural coding (with emphasis on medical terminology, anatomy and physiology), client eligibility and
reimbursement processes, health care statistics, and supervision and management.
Prerequisite(s): OAP 162.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
HIT 111 Medical Billing and Insurance II
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Continuation of HIT 110. Includes managed care systems, eligibility for managed care systems, Medicare requirements,
Medicaid programs or Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS). TRICARE and CHAMPA, workers’
compensation, disability insurance, procedural and diagnostic coding, billing software, and hospital billing.
Prerequisite(s): HIT 110.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
HIT 120 Pharmacology for Health Information Technology
2 cr. hrs. 2 periods (2 lec.)
Basic terminology and spelling of commonly used drugs. Includes drug names, reference books, classification of drugs,
and abbreviations and symbols.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
HIT 162 Medical Terms I
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Terminology used in the medical field. Includes word parts and forms, terms pertaining to the body as a whole, terminology
beyond basic word analysis, prefixes, digestive system, pathology of the digestive system, laboratory tests - digestive system,
clinical procedures - digestive system, urinary system, female reproductive system, male reproductive system, nervous system,
cardiovascular system, and reference materials.
HIT 163 Medical Terms II
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Continuation of HIT162; Includes anatomy and terminology of the respiratory system, blood system, lymphatic and immune
system, musculoskeletal system, skin, sense organs: eyes and ears, endocrine system, cancer (oncology) medicine, radiology
and nuclear medicine, pharmacology, psychiatry, language of medicine, and reference materials - advanced.
Prerequisite(s): HIT 162.
HIT 165 Medical Office Procedures
3 cr. hrs. 4 periods (2 lec., 2 lab)
Services and procedures used in a medical office. Includes qualities of the office worker, healthcare industry, communications
and human relations, telephone techniques, financial reports, word processing, administrative support and medical billing,
filing, mail processing, content of medical health record and documentation, insurance and claims, and employment in a
medical office/facility and the interview.
Prerequisite(s): HIT 162
HIT 201 ICD-9 Coding II
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Advanced use of references, source documents, and computer software for diagnostic coding in health care settings for outpatient
and inpatient hospital coding. Includes interpretation of ICD-9 codes relative to inpatient and outpatient hospital reimbursement,
analysis of inpatient and outpatient hospital source documents in a variety of settings to determine proper
coding, prospective payment systems, auditing and analysis of patient charts, application of inpatient and outpatient diagnostic
codes in the integumentary system, musculoskeletal system, respiratory system, cardiovascular system, digestive
system, urinary, female, and male reproductive systems, endocrine and nervous systems, and for interventional radiology
services, development of compliance program for enforcement of regulatory and governmental rules, application of confidentiality
and privacy policies and procedures, abstracting data, and computer applications.
Prerequisite(s): HIT 102.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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