Upon completion of the program, students will be able to...
- Apply CPT, ICD-10, and HCPCS coding guidelines to identify diagnoses, procedures, and patient medical records
- Identify the procedures for patient record retrieval and reimbursement
- Explain the role of a medical coder as a liaison between the health clinician and billing offices
- Apply computer and information literacy skills using electronic health records software
- Identify terms, facts, methods, procedures, concepts, theories, principles, and processes within medical billing and coding scenarios
- Classify relationships among data and items within medical billing and coding scenarios
- Recognize laws and theories, including issues relating to ethics and confidentiality
- Calculate solutions to mathematical problems related to reimbursement and medical mathematics
- Interpret information to make proper coding decisions
- Review basic written and workplace communication skills