Course Prerequisites

Health Information Management Cancer Information Management at Santa Barbara City College

Students enrolled in HIT/CIM courses must satisfy the prerequisite and corequisite for each course.

Starting with Spring 2009 registration, all prerequisites and corequisites will be enforced at the time of registration.

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO?

1.	Begin by checking below to see if any classes that you plan on signing up for in the Spring have prerequisites or corequisites.
2.	If a class has a prerequisite or co-requisite and you fulfilled it at SBCC, your registration will not be blocked.
3.	If you fulfilled the prerequisite or corequisite at another college, then you must complete Prerequisite Challenge Form A http://www.sbcc.edu/studentservices/files/FormA.pdf.
4.	If you fulfilled the prerequisite or corequisite due to a credential (i.e. CPC, CCS, RN, etc.), then you must complete Prerequisite Challenge Form B http://www.sbcc.edu/studentservices/files/FormB.pdf.

Fax, Mail, or Email completed challenges, transcripts and supporting documents to:

Academic Counseling Center:
Attention V. Pelton
Santa Barbara City College
721 Cliff Drive
Santa Barbara, CA 93109

FAX (805) 892-3664
prerequisites@sbcc.edu

IMPORTANT NOTES

Students who file a prerequisite challenge five working days prior to the first day of the term/semester will be provided provisional clearance to enroll in the class within twenty four (24) hours of the challenge being received and logged by the Transcript Evaluations Office. Students will be notified by pipeline e-mail when their petition has been logged.
Students who file a prerequisite challenge less than five (5) working days prior to the first day of the term/semester will not be permitted to enroll in the course until the prerequisite challenge has been adjudicated.
If the challenge is approved or is not adjudicated within five days of being received and logged, the student will go will be permitted to remain enrolled in the course.
If a challenge is denied within the five day period and the student has pre-enrolled in the course requiring the prerequisite, he or she will be dropped and the enrollment fee for the course will be automatically credited to the student’s SBCC account. If a refund is desired a Refund Requests form must be submitted to the Cashier’s Office.
The five day clock begins at 8:00 AM the morning following the receipt of the challenge by the Transcript Evaluations Office (e.g. if the form is received Tuesday at 4:30 PM, the clock will begin Wednesday at 8:00 AM excluding weekends). Students will be notified by e-mail as to the outcome of their prerequisite challenge.
An approved petition does not guarantee space in any course.
Please respect the twenty-four hour provisional clearance and five working day review time-lines by limiting follow-up inquiries as to the status of your prerequisite challenge.

More information on SBCC's prerequisite and corequisite policies can be found at http://www.sbcc.edu/prerequisitepolicy/index.php?sec=2704

CIM Course Prerequisites, Corequisites and Course Advisories
effective Spring 2009

Course	Title	Prereq	Co-req	Advisory
CIM 100	Registry Organization & Operations	None	None	None
CIM 125	Cancer Disease Management	HIT 135, BMS 146	CIM 100	None
CIM 150	Oncology Coding and Staging Systems	CIM 125	None	None
CIM 201	Abstracting Principles and Practice I	HIT 135	CIM 125 as prior or concurrent enrollment	None
CIM 202	Abstracting Principles and Practice II	CIM 201	CIM 150 as prior or concurrent enrollment	None
CIM 225	Cancer Patient Followup	None	None	None
CIM 250	Cancer Statistics and Epidemiology	CIM 201	CIM 202	None
CIM 275	CIM Practicum	CIM 202, CIM 225 & CIM 250	HIT 240 as prior or concurrent enrollment	None

HIT Course Prerequisites, Corequisites and Course Advisories
effective Spring 2009

Course #	Title	Prereq	Co-req	Advisory
HIT 101	Intro to HIM	None	None	None
HIT 102	Legal Aspect of Healthcare	None	None	HIT 101
HIT 135	Basic Medical Terminology	None	None	None
HIT 200	ICD-9-CM Coding	HIT 135 & BMS 146 (A&P without a lab)	None	HIT 101, HIT 204
HIT 201	Pharmacology for Allied Health	None	None	None
HIT 204	Pathophysiology	BIOMD/BMS 146 (A&P without a lab) or Human Anatomy & Physiology with a lab	None	None
HIT 205	Advanced Coding Applications	HIT 200	HIT 210 as prior or concurrent enrollment	HIT 255
HIT 210	CPT Coding	HIT 135 and BMS 146 (A&P without a lab)	None	HIT 101
*Please note that the HIT and CIM Associates Degree Program require one college-level science lab.
HIT 220	HIM Statistics	None	None	HIT 101
HIT 230	Alternative HC Deliver Systems	HIT 101	None	HIT 240
HIT 240	HC Quality Management	COMP 101 and HIT 101	None	HIT 250/255
HIT 255	Medical Insurance and Reimbursement	None	HIT 200 as prior or concurrent enrollment	HIT 101, HIT 210
HIT 265	HIM Computer Applications	COMP 101 and HIT 101	None	None
HIT 275	HIT Practicum	HIT 200, 250 or 255, and 240	None	None
HIT 280	Medical Coding Practicum	HIT 210 and HIT 255	HIT 205	None
HIT 284	Coding Exam Prep	None	HIT 205 & HIT 255 as prior or concurrent enrollment	Student must be in final semester at SBCC...**
**Student must be in final semester at SBCC (or an equivalent Career Technical College) Medical Coding Program, or have completed SBCC HIT 280 or its equivalent, or experienced medical coder in an acute care hospital or physician's office
HIT 285	RHIT Exam Prep	None	None	Student must be in final semester at SBCC...***
*** Student must be in final semester at SBCC (or an equivalent Career Technical College) HIT Program, or have completed SBCC HIT 275 or its equivalent.