Students seeking enrollment in the Health Information Technology (HIT) Coding Certificate program must have two current and consecutive years of full-time hospital coding work experience and be currently employed as a full-time hospital coder. Priority admission to this program will be given to ECC HIT Clinical Affiliate Hospitals.

Students do not need prior formal coding education but must be ready for college level course work as evidenced by placement testing and/or college transcripts. After a year of study, graduates of this program with the three years of hospital inpatient and/or outpatient coding experience as recommended by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) may sit for the “CCS” and/or “CCS-P” national coding certification examinations respectively.

This program does not meet the course requirements of AHIMA as the North Carolina Community College System guidelines that limit “Certificate” programs to a maximum of eighteen semester hours; therefore, the ECC HIT program requires as a pre-requisite the two current and consecutive year’s full-time hospital inpatient coding experience and current employment in a hospital inpatient coder position.

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Admission Policy and Procedures

HIT Coding Certificate Graduation Plan

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If you are interested in making application for admission into one of the Health Information Technology programs or learning more about Health Information Technology, please contact...

Kim Hampton, HIT Admissions Counselor