HIHIM at University of Washington

Intro sequences

The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.

• 1. HIHIM 410Foundations in Health Information Management
  2. BIOL 118Survey of Physiology
  3. BIOL 119Elementary Physiology Laboratory
  4. HIHIM 400Health Care Language for Health Informatics and Information Management
  5. HIHIM 413Revenue Cycle Management
  6. HIHIM 414International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Documentation, and Revenue Management

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate HIHIM coursework.

• BIOL 119Elementary Physiology Laboratoryopens 8 courses (1 directly)
• HIHIM 400Health Care Language for Health Informatics and Information Managementopens 7 courses (5 directly)
• HIHIM 413Revenue Cycle Managementopens 4 courses (3 directly)
• HIHIM 409Disease Concepts for Managersopens 3 courses (3 directly)
• HIHIM 414International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Documentation, and Revenue Managementopens 3 courses (3 directly)
• HIHIM 460Professional Pathwaysopens 3 courses (3 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate HIHIM work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 30 HIHIM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 18 more HIHIM courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in HIHIM. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 7 courses deep, ending at HIHIM 461

  1. BIOL 118Survey of Physiology
  2. BIOL 119Elementary Physiology Laboratory
  3. HIHIM 400Health Care Language for Health Informatics and Information Management
  4. HIHIM 413Revenue Cycle Management
  5. HIHIM 414International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Documentation, and Revenue Management
  6. HIHIM 415CPT/HCPCS, Clinical Documentation and Revenue Management
  7. HIHIM 461Professional Development and Networking

• 5 courses deep, ending at HIHIM 412

  1. BIOL 118Survey of Physiology
  2. BIOL 119Elementary Physiology Laboratory
  3. HIHIM 400Health Care Language for Health Informatics and Information Management

• 3 courses deep, ending at HIHIM 455

  1. HIHIM 410Foundations in Health Information Management
  2. HIHIM 460Professional Pathways
  3. HIHIM 455Leadership and Strategic Management

• 2 courses deep, ending at HIHIM 480

  1. HIHIM 408Management Concepts with HIM Applications
  2. HIHIM 480Health Information Management Operations and Project Management

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for HIHIM yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under HIHIM yet.

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Department events

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