HIIM at West Virginia University

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 HIIM coursework.

• HIIM 240Classification of Healthcare Proceduresopens 3 courses (3 directly)
• HIIM 231Health Information Management Applicationsopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• HIIM 248Health Informatics and Information Management Professional Practiceopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• HIIM 357Focus on CPT/HCPCS Taxonomiesopens 1 course (1 directly)
• HIIM 360Application of Healthcare Classification Systemsopens 1 course (1 directly)
• HIIM 362Data Governance in Healthcare Systemsopens 1 course (1 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 HIIM 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 19 HIIM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 14 more HIIM courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on HIIM, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

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

The longest ladders

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

• 4 courses deep, ending at HIIM 479

  1. HIIM 235Coding and Classification of Diseases
  2. HIIM 240Classification of Healthcare Procedures
  3. HIIM 357Focus on CPT/HCPCS Taxonomies
  4. HIIM 479Coding Professional Practice Experience

• 4 courses deep, ending at HIIM 482

  1. CS 101Intro to Computer Applications
  2. HIIM 231Health Information Management Applications
  3. HIIM 362Data Governance in Healthcare Systems

• 4 courses deep, ending at HIIM 486

  1. HIIM 237Introduction to Professional Practice
  2. HIIM 248Health Informatics and Information Management Professional Practice
  3. HIIM 368Health Informatics & Information Management Professional Practice

• 3 courses deep, ending at HIIM 473

  1. STAT 111Understanding Statistics
  2. HIIM 366Healthcare Analytics
  3. HIIM 473Healthcare Analytics

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for HIIM yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under HIIM yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

HIIM does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the WVU campus feed.