Certificate

Medical Coding Certificate

The Medical Coding Certificate prepares students with entry-level skills needed to code, classify, and index diagnoses and procedures for the purpose of reimbursement, standardization, retrieval, and statistical analysis. Principles in Clinical Classifications II, Clinical Classifications III, and third-party reimbursement will be emphasized.

Certificate credits may also be applied to the HIT major leading to an associate degree.

ProgramHealth Information Technology
Award type
Certificate
Required credit hours
31

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Based on data for medical transcriptionists

$34kMedian annual salary

-3%Job Outlook (2018-2028)

58,000Number of Jobs, 2018

Learning Outcomes

Apply legal principles, policies, regulations, and standards for the control and use of health information.
Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis of health records.
Code, classify, and index diagnoses and procedures for the purpose of reimbursement, standardization, retrieval, and statistical analysis.
Abstract health records for department indices, databases, and registries.
Perform functions related to collection, storage, and retrieval of healthcare data; query databases to retrieve information.
Collect, compute, analyze, interpret, and present statistical data related to healthcare services.
Develop, implement, and monitor procedures to ensure healthcare data integrity.
Apply quality improvement tools and techniques to improve departmental processes.
Interpret and apply laws, statutes, licensure, and accreditation standards affecting.