Marcia Webb

Career Portfolio

Sinclair Community College

Health Information Management Associate of Applied Science

Curriculum
The Health Information Management program is fully accredited by the Commission on
Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM). Upon
successful completion of the HIM program, students are eligible to take the national certification
exam to become a Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT). The curriculum includes a
professional practice experience (PPE).
Prerequisites

BIO 1121

BIO 1121 AND HIM 1101

Course

Title

Credits

ALH
1140

Fundamentals of Disease Processes

BIO
1121

Human Anatomy & Physiology I

BIO
1222

Human Anatomy & Physiology II

BIS
1221

Specialized Computer Applications for Health Information Management

ENG
1101

English Composition I

HIM
1101

Medical Terminology

HIM
1110

Health Information Processing

Foundations of health information management, the Health Information
Management profession, including health care systems and organization
of HIM functions, data quality, access and retention, patient and
healthcare data and data collection methodologies. Discussion of
classification systems, clinical vocabularies and nomenclatures

HIM
1165

Drug Classification for Coding

HIM
1201

Introductory Medical Office Coding

Introduction to principles, guidelines and conventions for assigning

Course

Title

Credits

ICD-9-CM or ICD-10-CM diagnostic codes and CPT procedure codes to

patient encounters for physician services. Additional out-of-class
assignments are required
HIM
1204

Medicolegal & Ethics in Healthcare Records

HIM
1217

Alternative Health Records & Registries

Organization and operation of a hospital cancer program emphasizing
registry case finding, accession, indexing, abstracting and follow-up of
cancer data. Purposes, uses and handling of health information,
departmental and facility administration, licensing and accreditation
requirements and introduction to payment systems in long-term care and
home health care

HIM
2110

HIM
2144

HIM
2145

HIM
2165

Ambulatory Coding
Introduction to principles, guidelines and conventions for assigning
ICD-9-CM or ICD-10-CM diagnostic codes and CPT procedure codes to
patient encounters for outpatient facility services. Students should
possess proficiency in basic medical terminology and human anatomy
and physiology. Additional out-of-class assignments are required. Three
classroom, two lab hours per week
Quality Improvement, Statistics & Research
Organization and analysis of data in health care quality programs
including quality assessment and monitoring, utilization and risk
management and medical staff credentialing. Theory and application of
health care statistics including data definitions, computation of formulae
and research principles. Two classroom, two lab hours per week.
Health Information Resource Management
Planning, organizing, staffing, budgeting and analysis of management
systems along with job standards and performance evaluations
emphasizing development of supervisory management, leadership and
communication skills. Two classroom, two lab hours per week.
Healthcare Data in Reimbursement
Organization of health care delivery system including managed care and
capitation. Theory and use of reimbursement systems such as Diagnostic
Related Groups, Ambulatory Payment Classifications, Resource-based
Relative Value Scale. Discussion of data flow from admission to billing
and analysis of casemix. In addition, other external forces, such as

Course

Title

Credits

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and Recovery Audit

Contractors, will be discussed

HIM
2211

Inpatient Coding
Introduction to principles and coding conventions for using ICD-9-CM
and/or ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS for coding inpatient records.
Students should possess proficiency in medical terminology and human
anatomy and physiology. Additional out-of-class assignments are
required

HIM
2233

Healthcare Information Systems

An in-depth look at the use of information systems technology in the
health care delivery system. Includes information security, electronic
clinical systems and health records

HIM
2252

Professional Practice Experience

Practical application of health information management processes,
including health information retrieval, qualitative and quantitative
analysis of health data, record completion by practioners, release of
health information, document scanning, revenue cycle functions, coding,
statistical reporting, hospital-wide and HIM department quality
improvement and various other registries and department functions
utilizing medical data

HIM
2278

Health Information Management Capstone

A variety of specially designed projects, student oral presentations, case
studies, simulations, interviewing, resumes and two mock accreditation
exams

(COM 2211 OR COM 2206)

(PSY 1100 OR SOC 1101)

(MAT 1130 OR MAT 1270)

Sinclair Community College Transcript

Hours listed prior to 12/FA are reflected as QUARTER hours

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VAR.STC.COURS VAR.STC.COURS
13

Course/Section and Title

13

HIM-2211 500 INPATIENT CODING

13

13

13

13

Grade Credits CEUs Repeat Term

16/SP

HIM-2211 500 INP

16/SP

HIM-2252 503 PROF PRACTICE

EXPERIENCE

16/SP
16/SP

HIM-2252 503 PR

HIM-2278 500 HIM CAPSTONE

16/SP

HIM-2278 500 HIM

HIM-2110 500 AMBULATORY CODING

16/SP

HIM-2110 500 AM

HIM-2165 501 HC DATA IN

REIMBURSEMENT

4.00
A

4.00

0.00
F

0.00

15/FA
15/FA

15/FA
15/FA

HIM-2165 501 HC

HIM-2144 5T1 QUAL IMP STATS &

RESEARCH

3.00
C

3.00

15/SU
15/SU

HIM-2144 5T1 QU

HIM-2145 5T1 HLTH INFO RESOURCE

MGMT

3.00
B

3.00

15/SU
15/SU

HIM-2145 5T1 HL

HIM-1217 500 ALT HLTH REC &

REGISTRIES

3.00
C

3.00

15/SP
15/SP

HIM-1217 500 AL

HIM-2233 500 HEALTHCARE INFO

SYSTEMS

3.00
B

3.00

15/SP
15/SP

HIM-2233 500 HE

ART-1110 516 ART APPRECIATION

ART-1110 516 AR

HIM-1110 500 HEALTH INFO

PROCESSING

3.00
B

3.00

3.00
B

3.00

14/FA
14/FA

14/FA
14/FA

HIM-1110 500 HE

HIM-1201 AA INTRO MED OFFICE

CODING

AA
AA

4.00
4.00

14/FA
14/FA

HIM-1201 AA INT

BIS-1221 501 SPECIAL COMPUTER

APPS HIM
BIS-1221 501 SPE

1.00
B

1.00

14/SU
14/SU

Cumulative GPA

2.577

PPE EXPECTATIONS
HILLCREST HOSPITAL CLEVELAND CLINIC SYSTEM
The PPE experiences will strengthen my academic experience and expose me to various
positions within the HIM Department. I will complete the tasks of each job type, shadow
managers and directors during departmental and organization meeting, and project-based tasks
that take a period of time to complete. I will work under the supervision of a registered health
information administrator (RHIA), registered health information technician (RHIT), or other
qualified individual. The PPE experience will allow me to:

Demonstrate competency in quantitative and qualitative analysis of health records

Retrieve health data stored in both physical and computerized formats
Describe the incomplete/delinquent record process from analysis through the record
completion state
Apply ICD-9-CM (or ICD-10-CM) codes, CPT codes, DRGs and other classification
systems to specified health records
Release privileged and non-privileged medicolegal information in accordance with
affiliating agencies policies and procedures in accordance with state and federal
regulations
Describe the facilitys revenue cycle and the individual components of the cycle
Produce professional and descriptive management documentation in the form of job
procedures, job descriptions, ergonomic assessments, and other management reports

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