Who administers the national certifying exams?
These are developed by AHIMA at http://www.ahima.org. For those who have successfully completed the HIT program at Shoreline Community College, they may take the AHIMA certifying exam and those that pass it will become Registered Health Information Technicians and can place the RHIT credentials after their names. National certifying examinations are developed by AHIMA and conducted each year by an outside testing agency under contract with AHIMA for entry level general coders (Certified Coding Association – CCA) and experienced general coders (Certified Coding Specialist, CCS) or those specializing in physician office coding (Certified Coding Specialist – Physician’s Office, CCS-P). Those who successfully pass these examinations can place the appropriate credential after their names. Additional certifying exams for privacy and security as well as for health data analysts are also available through AHIMA. AHIMA provides a number of coding certification examinations. Although specific tr
