Medical Coding
Medical Coding and Reimbursement Specialist Degree. Find a career that utilizes your tech and analytical skills.
With the expansion of the healthcare industry, demand for medical billing and coding specialists is expected to rise. If you have an analytical mind and love technology, you may find working in the healthcare industry exciting and rewarding.
This is a hands-on program and includes an externship in the final semester to help you gain real-world experience.
Medical Coding and Reimbursement Program
Medical coding and billing courses
Because this is an associate’s degree program, the classes you will take include general education courses such as English, math, economics and communications. You’ll also take general healthcare administration course such as Medical Terminology, Anatomy & Physiology, Introduction to Health, Medical Office Procedures, and Medical Law and Ethics. Focused coding classes are designed to help you develop expertise using ICD-10-CM or HCPCS codes.
What do they do?
Medical coding and reimbursement specialists use various classification systems to code and categorize patient information for insurance reimbursement purposes. They organize and manage health information data, ensuring its quality, accuracy, accessibility, and security in both paper and electronic systems. Qualified specialists work in physicians’ offices, managed health care organizations, laboratories, medical centers, medical billing offices, and hospitals.
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