MEDICAL CODING
Certificate Program
(DCE)

This Medical Coding Certificate program prepares students for challenging coding positions in hospitals, clinics, ambulatory surgery centers, insurance companies and other settings within which diagnostic and procedural data are coded in ICD-9-CM and CPT for reimbursement purposes. Credits in this program are fully applicable to the Associate of Science degree in Health Information Technology program.

Program Requirements
CS101 Computer Concepts and Applications 3
EN101 English I 3
HT101 Introduction to Health Information Technology 3
HT211 Basic ICD-9-CM Coding 3
HT212 Basic CPT Coding 3
HT213 Advanced Medical Coding 3
HT251 Healthcare Reimbursement Methodologies 3
HT282 Supervised Coding Professional Practice 2
ME201 Medical Terminology 3
SC130 Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology 4
SC141 Introduction to the Study of Disease 3
SC220 Essentials of Pharmacology 1
  Total Credits 34


Minimum credits required for graduation--34.