Career Opportunities

Medical Coding graduates become employed in clinics, hospitals, insurance offices, medical testing facilities, long-term care facilities, and industrial medical facilities. After a few years of employment, the assistants may decide to do remote billing or medical coding.

Suggested Technical Studies Semester I

HITM 1230 and HITM 1244 require simultaneous registration for HITM 1228 for students who have not completed it with a grade of C or better in the past.

NumberTitleCredits
HITM1210Health Information Foundations2 Credits
HITM1228Administrative Medical Terminology3 Credits
HITM1230Pathophysiology & Pharmacology4 Credits
HITM1244Anatomy and Physiology for Health Information4 Credits

Suggested Technical Studies Semester II

NumberTitleCredits
HITM1220Legal Aspects of Health Information3 Credits
HITM1226CPT Coding3 Credits
HITM1227ICD-CM Coding3 Credits
HITM1240Computerized Health Information3 Credits

Suggested Technical Studies Semester III

HITM 2224: This course requires simultaneous registration in HITM 1236 and HITM 2210 for students who have not completed them with a grade of C or better in the past.

***See Program Handbook for specific information about co-req requirements.

NumberTitleCredits
HITM1236ICD-10-PCS Coding3 Credits
HITM2200Quality Management of Health Information3 Credits
HITM2210Medical Billing and Reimbursement3 Credits
HITM2224Advanced Medical Coding3 Credits
BUSM1290Job Seeking/Keeping Skills1 Credits

General Education

NumberTitleCredits
MnTC Goal Area 1 Communications - Written *** ENGL1303:Techn3 Credits
MnTC Goal Area 5 Social Science or Goal 7 Diversity ***DVRS13 Credits