College Catalog
Health Information Technology (A45360)
The Health Information Technology Curriculum is designed to provide individuals with the technical knowledge and skills to process, analyze, maintain, and report health information data in compliance with legal, accreditation, licensure and certification standards.
Course work includes diagnosis and procedure coding/classification systems, privacy and security strategies, health informatics, data analytics and use, revenue cycle management, regulatory compliance, and organizational leadership.
Graduates of this program may be eligible to write the national certification exam to become a Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT). Employment opportunities include hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, nursing homes, health insurance organizations, outpatient clinics, physicians’ offices, hospice, and mental health facilities.
This program is an NCCCS partner program delivered under an Instructional Service Agreement that allows SCC to offer general education courses related to degree completion, but Pitt Community College awards the degree.
Because the use of computers is integral to this curriculum, some courses are delivered in an online hybrid format.
Pitt CC/Sandhills CC Partner Program
Pitt Community College (PCC) has entered into a unique learning partnership with SCC to provide SCC students the opportunity to complete up to 34 credit hours at SCC to be used toward completion of the 71-hour A.A.S. in the PCC Health Information Technology program.
Students accepted into this program can explore two options:
- Complete the 34 hours of general requirements prior to application to the program, or
- Complete some or all of those courses at SCC while concurrently enrolled in the PCC program online.
PLEASE NOTE: Entry into the HIT program is contingent upon PCC requirements and acceptance. Application to the program must be made with PCC.
The Health Information Technology Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM).
Associate in Applied Science Degree Program
| SCC Courses | PCC Courses | ||
| Course Prefix, Number, and Title | Credit Hours | Course Prefix, Number, and Title | Credit Hours |
| ACA-115 Success & Study Skills (Substitute for ACA-111) | 1 | CTS-130 Spreadsheet | 3 |
| BIO-163 Basic Anatomy & Physiology (5) or BIO-168 Anatomy & Physiology I (4) and BIO-169 Anatomy & Physiology II (4) | 5-8 | HIT-110 Intro to Healthcare HIM | 3 |
| CIS-110 Introduction to Computers | 3 | HIT-112 Health Law & Ethics | 3 |
| ENG-111 Writing & Inquiry | 3 | HIT-114 Health Data Sys/Standards | 3 |
| ENG-112 Writing/Research in the Disc | 3 | HIT-124 Prof Practice Exp II | 1 |
| HUM-115 Critical Thinking or PHI-240 Introduction to Ethics | 3 | HIT-211 Diagnosis Coding & Reporting | 3 |
| MAT-152 Statistical Methods I | 4 | HIT-213 INPT Proc Coding & Reporting | 2 |
| MED-121 Medical Terminology I | 3 | HIT-214 OP Procedure Coding/Reporting | 2 |
| MED-122 Medical Terminology II | 3 | HIT-215 Revenue Cycle Management | 2 |
| PSY-150 General Psychology | 3 | HIT-217 Quality & Data Analysis | 3 |
| HIT-218 Management Principles in HIT | 3 | ||
| HIT-220 Electronic Health Records | 2 | ||
| HIT-224 Prof Practice Exp IV | 2 | ||
| HIT-225 Healthcare Informatics | 3 | ||
| HIT-226 Pathophysiology & Pharmacology | 3 | ||
| HIT-280 HIM Capstone | 2 | ||
| HSC-110* Orientation to Health Careers | 1 | ||
| 31 | 41 | ||
*Course is encouraged but not required.
Professor Nevius Toney, Health Information Technology Coordinator
212B Stone Hall
910.695.3752
toneyn@sandhills.edu