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Registered Health Information Technician

AHIMA certification for health information technicians.

Licensing authority: AHIMA Commission on Certification for Health Informatics and Information Management · Application information

Initial by examination
Registered Health Information Technician
Eligibility
Associate-degree-level CAHIIM-accredited HIM program or HIM program approved by a foreign association with an AHIMA reciprocity agreement.

Registered Health Information Technician

Provider
Pearson VUE
Format
Computer-based examination
Exam questions
Total questions: 150; Scored questions: 130; Unscored questions: 20; The total includes the scored and unscored questions.
Time limit
3 hours and 30 minutes
Passing score
300
Exam fee
$229 for AHIMA members; $299 for non-members
Examination outline

The authority publishes percentage ranges for each content area. The practice percentages below use the midpoint of each range, normalized to 100%; they are not exact percentages published by the authority. Practice question counts may differ slightly because of rounding.

  • Data Content, Structure, and Information Governance — Official range: 19–25% (Practice allocation: 21.89%)
    • Apply health information guidelines
    • Apply healthcare standards
    • Designated record set
    • Health record integrity
    • Audit health record content and completion
    • Educate clinicians
    • Document control
    • Master Patient Index
    • Data workflow
    • EHR functionality
    • EHR data integrity reports
    • Patient portals
  • Access, Disclosure, Privacy, and Security — Official range: 14–18% (Practice allocation: 15.92%)
    • PHI access, use, and disclosure
    • Right of access
    • Customer education
    • Record retention
    • Privacy and security risk
    • EHR identity issues
  • Data Analytics and Use — Official range: 12–18% (Practice allocation: 14.93%)
    • Data sources
    • Extract data
    • Analyze data
    • Report patient data
    • Healthcare statistics and reports
    • Health Information metrics
  • Revenue Cycle Management — Official range: 19–25% (Practice allocation: 21.89%)
    • Revenue cycle components
    • Clinical indicators
    • Code documentation
    • Clinician queries
    • Utilization review
    • Denials
    • Coding and documentation audits
    • Coding and documentation education
    • Discharged Not Final Billed
    • Case mix
    • Billing issues
    • Payer guidelines
    • CDI collaboration
    • Charge Description Master
    • Payment methodologies and insurance plans
  • Compliance — Official range: 13–17% (Practice allocation: 14.93%)
    • Quality assessments
    • Health Information compliance
    • Function standards
    • Regulatory changes
  • Leadership — Official range: 9–12% (Practice allocation: 10.45%)
    • Education on laws and regulations
    • Health Information processes
    • Policies and procedures
    • Function standards
    • Interdepartmental interoperability
    • Subject matter expertise
    • Project management
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