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The Medical Billing & Coding program provides students with a solid professional foundation in the field and enables them to become a vital member of the health care team and contribute to the overall financial business activities of the health care facility. Medical Billing and Coding students in this program acquire a working knowledge of coding systems, coding principles and rules, government regulations, and third-party payer requirements to ensure that diagnoses, services, and procedures documented in patient medical records are coded accurately for reimbursement and statistical and research purposes.
Graduates of the diploma program are prepared to seek specific positions such as: Coding Specialist, Health Insurance Specialist, or Medical Reimbursement Specialist. The Associate of Applied Science Degree Program provides graduates with necessary critical thinking, problem solving, and communication skills. Graduates of the Associates of Applied Science Degree Program can not only seek entry-level employment opportunities as mentioned above, but also are prepared for future career advancement opportunities in supervisory roles in a variety of health care environments.
Such employment environments include but are not limited to clinics, consulting firms, government agencies, hospitals, insurance companies, nursing facilities, home health agencies, and physician offices.
Each course stands alone as a unit of study and is not dependent upon prerequisite training. A student may enter the program at the beginning of any course and continue through the sequence until completion of all courses. The course work consists of lecture/demonstration and hands on computer laboratory procedures.
Students will complete an externship in a medical setting, after successfully completing all classroom courses.
