Medical Coding Specialist Certificate
This course is a study and practical application of medical vocabulary system. Includes structure recognition analysis definition spelling pronunciation and combination of medical terms form prefixes suffixes roots and combining forms. (Fall Spring Summer)
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This course emphasizes medical office coding for payment and reimbursement by patient or third-party payers for ambulatory care settings. (Fall)
MDCA 1313 聽BCIS 1305聽
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This is a course of instruction in principles procedures and regulations involving legal and ethical relationships among physicians patients and medical assistants in ambulatory care settings.
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This course emphasizes fundamentals of coding rules conventions and guidelines using clinical classification systems. (Fall)
MDCA 1313 BCIS 1305聽
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This course is an introduction to systems and processes for collecting maintaining an disseminating primary and secondary health-related information including content of health record documentation requirements registries indices licensing regulatory agencies forms and screens. (Spring)
MDCA 1343 HITT 1441聽
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This course is a study of anatomy and physiology with emphasis on human pathophysiology including etiology prognosis medical treatment and signs of symptoms of common diseases of the body systems.
MDCA 1313聽
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This course emphasizes structure and function of human cells tissues organs and systems with overview of common pathophysiology. (Spring)
MDCA 1313聽
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This course places emphasis on fundamentals of ambulatory coding rules conventions and guidelines. (Spring)
MDCA 1343 HITT 1441聽
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This course provides an overview of the basic concepts of the pharmacological treatment of various diseases affecting major body systems.
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This course is advanced concepts of ICD and CPT coding rules conventions and guidelines in complex case studies. Investigation of government regulations and changes in health care reporting. (Summer)
HITT 1301 HITT 1342聽
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Introduces and develops foundational skills in applying essential and emerging business productivity information technology tools. The focus of this course is on business productivity software applications including word processing spreadsheets databases presentation graphics data analytics and business-oriented utilization of the internet.
Knowledge of keyboard.
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This course consists of advanced coding techniques with emphasis on case studies health records and federal regulations regarding prospective payment systems and methods of reimbursement. (Summer)
HITT 1301 HITT 1342聽
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Total Program Hours
36
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
The Medical Coding Specialist program is designed to prepare competent coding specialists who are responsible for correctly coding healthcare claims to obtain financial reimbursement from insurance companies and government health care programs. Medical Coding Specialists work in hospitals, clinics, physician offices, and billing companies using specialized electronic medical software to assign procedure and diagnosis codes for billing purposes. Please consult a faculty advisor or program director for more information. CIP: 51.0713