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about degrees in HIT and HIM - degrees

Posted: Jul 24, 2013

Do you have to have an associates degree in HIT to get a bachelor's degree in HIM? I was looking at some of the bachelor's degree in HIM programs, and some of them require this.

not required -- can do RHIT (Assoc) or RHIA (Bachelor) - sm

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AT least AHIMA does not require it -- if school requires it that's kind of odd. You can do either or. If you have an RHIT (requires associate degree), you have to go on and get the bachelor's degree to sit for the RHIA. But the way AHDI has that you have to get the RMT before the CMT, AHIMA has not done that.

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Some do require this - Explanation

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Some schools that offer only the 3rd and 4th years will require that you have already completed the first 2 years elsewhere.

You might think that you could transfer in with an associate's in anything, but you would be missing the courses taught in 2-year HIT programs. You would not be ready to do the 3rd and 4th years.

In any major, the 1st year courses are intro, the 2nd are a little higher, etc. Sometimes people think that the HIT program courses are "the same" as those in an HIA program. They aren't. They don't go as far or cover the material in as much depth.

It is exactly the same as a chemistry major. At the community college level, you take the lower level courses. You must have had those in order to take the 3rd and 4th year courses at university.

Some schools actually require that you have passed the RHIT exam. That is their way of assuring themselves that you learned enough to have a chance of success at the upper-level work. They also get graded on their RHIA pass rates and the jobs their students get. If someone can't pass the RHIT, that suggests that they will have even more trouble with the RHIA and that will prevent them from working. Not to mention their ability to pay back student loans. Schools don't want that held against them.

Thanks sm - degrees

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You've helped me make a decision. I will get an associates degree in HIT, then get a bachelors in RHIA. I won't be able to start until next semester though.

Luckily, I've picked a school that will let you start any semester, since a lot of them seem to only let you start in the fall and follow a pre-determined schedule. In the meantime, I'm enrolled in a local community college and will be getting a few basic classes out of the way this semester.

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