Medical Coding Specialist Certificate – Community and Professional Education

Do you aspire to be an integral part of the healthcare field? Our program has partnered with the American Academy of Professional Coders™ (AAPC) to become a professional medical coding educational site – a gold standard organization – which will help distinguish you as a qualified candidate looking to enter this rapidly growing field.

Tuition
$2,449
Contact hours
100
CEUs
10
Format
In Person, Online Live

Upcoming offerings

In Person

Meets on campus at the KSU Center.

See all in person dates and details in the course catalog

Online Live

Meets online at the scheduled times with a live instructor.

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About this course

This program will train you to successfully serve as the communication liaison between physician offices, patients, and insurance companies while translating and assigning universally recognized codes to patient illnesses, injuries, and medical procedures. It also includes lecture and hands-on instruction teaching you ICD-10-CM diagnosis coding guidelines and conventions, outpatient and physician office, and HCPCS level II index coding. Additionally, you will learn CPT coding, with emphasis on evaluation and management, anesthesia, surgery, radiology, pathology and laboratory, and medicine coding.

This certificate program will assist you in preparing for the American Academy of Professional Coders™ Certified Professional Coder (CPC®) exam. This program focuses solely on physician office coding.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Explain or recall various key medical roots, suffixes and prefixes.
  • Describe the operations of a medical practice and a career as a coder.
  • Explain and interpret ICD-10-CM/PCS coding conventions to assign codes accurately.
  • Interpret inpatient diagnosis and procedure coding and reporting guidelines.
  • Explain differences among acute care inpatient settings, outpatient, and physician office health care settings.
  • Assign HCPCS level II procedure and services codes for outpatient care.
  • Interpret CPT guidelines, coding notes, and modifiers to assign codes accurately for all sections and subsections.
  • Identify examples of third-party payers and define each health care reimbursement system.

Prerequisites

Students must have a working knowledge of computers. Access to a laptop or desktop computer, and internet access are required.

This program is a very intensive, fast-paced course. Students wishing to take it should already be well-versed in anatomy, physiology, and medical terminology. For students who do NOT have 2+ years of experience in a medical setting, you are strongly encouraged to take:

  • The Medical Office Assistant Certificate before enrolling in this course

OR

  • Human Anatomy and Physiology (Online), Human Anatomy and Physiology II (Online), Medical Terminology, and Medical Terminology II before enrolling in this course.

Student success is our priority. For this reason, we highly encourage students who do not have experience in a medical setting to take one of the two prerequisite paths.

Payment and funding options

Eligibility depends on which format you enroll in.

In Person

  • Payment plans available
  • MyCAA approved
  • VA education benefits accepted
  • WIOA approved

Online Live

  • Payment plans available
  • MyCAA approved