Medical Billing and Coding Certificate
Description:
This Medical Billing and Coding Series program empowers students with skills and knowledge to increase their workplace competence and advantage as medical billers and coders. The scope of practice that encompasses the medical administrative assisting and office management preparation can be as broad as it can be versatile; that is, medical assistants perform delegated administrative tasks under a physician’s supervision according to the medical assistant’s education, training, and experience. (Medical administrative assistants do not “practice medicine.”) Medical coding and billing serve as one specialization under the umbrella of medical administrative assistant and office management. Coders abstract critical information from a patient record and combine it with personal expertise of reimbursement and coding guidelines to maximize physician payment.
Learning becomes reinforced throughout the program with hundreds of real-world scenarios (case studies) and practice test questions. A balanced learning approach provides students with an appropriate skill set for their field of study and enhances their management potential while preparing students for premier industry certifications in Coding, Billing and Insurance. These premier industry certifications include certifications from the two largest and most reputable associations in the field of providing medical coding certifications: the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) and the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). The National Healthcareer Association provides testing for the industry certification designed for Insurance and Billing.
Students achieve a thorough understanding of certification level medical coding, billing and insurance, and claims reimbursement.
Having industry certification training in hand, graduates of this comprehensive program possess the knowledge and skills necessary to obtain employment in any number of medical facilities in the healthcare industry.
Career choices emanating from this course of study could include occupations such as: insurance company or government agency coder, public health and home health agency coder and medical coding and billing specialist.
Prerequisites:
None
Program Length:
Average of 41 Weeks: 28 Semester Credits
Courses:
- HSA102 Medical Terminology
- HSA103 Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology
- HSA106 Insurance and Billing: Certification Series I
- HSA107 Insurance and Billing: Certification Series II
- HSC201 Medical Coding: Certification Series I
- HSC202 Medical Coding: Certification Series II
- HSC203 Medical Coding Certification Series for the Physicians’ Offices: Preparation and Practicum
Objectives:
As the student combines industry certifications with the skills learned in the professional development series he/she is able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of medical terminology, basic anatomy and physiology, medical ethics and legal practices, and privacy and security issues
- Demonstrate understanding of insurance billing documents, forms and systems and the application of billing and reimbursement techniques
- Demonstrate a thorough knowledge in and the application of outpatient coding for CPT, ICD-9-CM and HCPCS (Certification Level)
- Demonstrate knowledge in diagnostic related groups
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