Located in Kansas City, MO, the Metropolitan Community College offers an associate's degree in Health Information in applied science and a coding certificate program of one year. If you complete the degree, you will be eligible to go on to take the Registered Information Technician examination to become a certified Information Technician. Completion of the certificate enables you to work as medical coder. These programs are accredited by The Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs.
Two campuses of the Pinnacle Career Institute in Missouri, the South Kansas City campus and the North Kansas City campus, offer a Health Information Technology program. This educational facility offers a Health Information Technology Associate of Occupational Studies degree. It also offers an Associate of Applied Science degree.
The National American University is situated in Kansas City, MO and offers a Health Information Technology Associate Degree of Applied Science. This university program will train you in the collection, analysis and overall management of health care records. You will also learn about the laws and certification standards that health information technicians must maintain for good clinical practice.
You can obtain an associate degree in Health Information Technology at Devry University. It has two campuses in Kansas City, MO including one that is situated downtown. The program is based on competencies recommended by the American Health Information Management Association. Training will include using current coding and chart management software. This program also offers two practicum opportunities for "hands-on" training and practical experience.