Medical Coding

Medical Terminology applies a system's approach to teaching the vocabulary necessary for people employed in the allied-health professions. Topics include medical vocabulary, medical history, physical examination, an introduction to anatomy, and all body systems, including eye, ear, nose, and throat. Topics also include surgery, pathology, discharge summaries, mental health, and autopsies.

Office Systems and procedures provides a realistic approach for students to learn the skills required in a medical office, including scheduling, terminology, communications, telecommunications, records management, administrative functions, protective practices, and legal and ethical considerations. Basic Practice Finances, Third Party Reimbursement, and Procedural and Diagnostic Coding.

Medical Billing is designed for students interested in working in a medical office. It covers the insurance billing process: fees, coding, managed care, source documents, insurance programs, and the insurance claim cycle.

This course incorporates Evaluation and Management (E/M), Modifiers, HCPCS, andICD-10-CM to the surgery section of CPT, which includes the specialty areas such as the integumentary, musculoskeletal, respiratory, and cardiovascular systems. The course also addresses the coding areas of radiology, maternity care, and delivery. Students will develop their skill set that is needed to sit for the CPC exam.

Coding with CPT moves beyond Evaluation and Management (E/M), modifiers, and diagnostic coding to the surgery section of CPT, which includes the specialty area such as the: integumentary, musculoskeletal, respiratory and cardiovascular systems. The course also addresses the coding areas of radiology, maternity care and delivery. Students will develop their skill set that is needed to sit for the CPC exam.

In Advanced Coding, students apply what they learned in the previous coding classes to analyze the reports to determine the diagnoses and the procedural codes. The course gives students practice in what they will do in an actual medical office setting.