Medical Assistant Technology
Medical Coding Specialist Certificate prepares students to access health information, identify diagnoses, and assign appropriate medical codes to narrative descriptions of health diseases and procedures required for reimbursement, medical research, quality assurance, or risk management.
Medical clinics, hospitals, doctors’ offices, private coding agencies, consulting firms, and home offices offer various employment settings for Coding Specialist. Coders may pursue a certified coding specialist rating by passing the National Certification Examination that measures proficiency and competency in the standards set by the American Health Information Management Association. Medical coding specialists pursue a lifelong program of continuing education. *Students are eligible to participate for the national examination that qualifies them for a certificate as a Certified Coding Specialist (CCS).
For printable degree plan for this program, please click HERE.
| FIRST SEMESTER |
| HITT 1305 Medical Terminology I |
3 |
| HITT 1301 Health Data Content and Structure |
3 |
| NURA 1407 Body Systems or VNSG 1420 |
4 |
| POFM 1309 Medical Office Procedures |
3 |
| SECOND SEMESTER |
| HITT 1341 Coding and Classification Systems |
3 |
| HITT 2371 Current Procedural Terminology Coding-CPT4 |
3 |
| HITT 1211 Computers in Health Care |
2 |
| HPRS 2301 Pathophysiology |
3 |
| HITT 2331 Advanced Medical Terminology |
3 |
| HITT 1349 Pharmacology |
3 |
| THIRD SEMESTER |
| HITT 2372 Advanced CPT Coding-CPT4 |
3 |
| HITT 2335 Coding and Reimbursement Methodologies |
3 |
| HITT 1253 Legal and Ethical Aspects of Health Information |
2 |
| HITT 1166 CAPSTONE: Coding Practicum |
1 |
