Medical Coding Specialist

Medical Coding Specialist Technical Diploma, 27 credits

Program Code: 31-530-2

For more information: www.wctc.edu/med-coding

Medical coders work in a variety of healthcare areas such as hospitals, physician’s offices and insurance companies. Medical coders review the physician documentation in records in order to assign diagnoses and procedure codes which are used for reimbursement and data purposes. Billing forms are then filed based on the codes assigned; strict federal guidelines are in place that must be followed when assigning codes. In the Medical Coding Specialist program, learn to use two different coding systems in order to assign codes to the reimbursement systems for patient and outpatient coding.

• Prepare for jobs such as medical coding specialist, revenue cycle analyst, medical billing specialist or medical coder.
• Credits earned in the Medical Coding Specialist technical diploma program can be applied toward the 63-credit Health Information Technology associate degree program.
• Graduates can become eligible to write the CCA, which is a certification exam through American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).

A grade point of 2.0 (C) or better is required in all courses to complete the program.

This is a Blended Options program only.

Accelerated • One night per week • Prior learning credit

Program Pathway

Build your degree along a program pathway. Start with courses for entry-level employment, and continue your education path for higher wages and job advancement.

1. Collect health data.

2. Apply coding and reimbursement systems.

3. Model professional behaviors and ethics.

4. Use electronic applications to support coding and data collection.