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27-credit Technical Diploma

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).

Medical Coding Specialist

This is a Blended Options program only.Accelerated • One night per week • Prior learning creditLearn more at www.wctc.edu/blended-options.

HEALTH:

School of Health PROGRAM CODE 31-530-2

Credits

CORE COURSES:

501-107 Digital Literacy for Healthcare 2

501-101 Medical Terminology 3

530-162 Foundations of HIM 3

530-182 Human Disease for the Health Professions 3

530-197 ICD Diagnosis Coding 3

530-184 CPT Coding 3

530-199 ICD Procedure Coding 2

530-185 Healthcare Reimbursement 2

530-165 Intermediate Coding 3

GENERAL STUDIES:

806-189 Basic Anatomy 3

SPRING START ONLY

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

Curriculum is current as of printing. For available proficiency exams or course prerequisites, visit www.wctc.edu.

TECHNICAL DIPLOMA

Pathway

ASSOCIATE DEGREE

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