The Medical Office Administration-Billing and Coding diploma program is designed for the individual entering, upgrading, or retraining in the medical office field with an interest in working with insurance billing and coding.

Employment opportunities may be found in healthcare facilities, insurance billing offices, labs, and medical equipment manufacturers.

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates will:

Demonstrate proper use of medical terminology and abbreviations used in medical offices and medical information management systems.
Demonstrate, identify and analyze all medical reports to properly identify all procedures and diagnoses.

Fall

ACA 122 College Transfer Success (1 Credit Hour)
ENG 111 Writing and Inquiry (3 Credit Hours)
OST 130 Comprehensive Keyboarding (3 Credit Hours)
MED 121 Medical Terminology I (3 Credit Hours)
OST 148 Med Ins & Billing (3 Credit Hours)
OST 164 Office Editing (3 Credit Hours)

Total Credit Hours: 16

Spring

BIO 161 Intro to Human Biology (3 Credit Hours)
OST 136 Word Processing (3 Credit Hours)
MED 122 Medical Terminology II (3 Credit Hours)
OST 149 Medical Legal Issues (3 Credit Hours)
OST 247 Procedure Coding (3 Credit Hours)
OST 248 Diagnostic Coding (3 Credit Hours)

Total Credit Hours: 18

Summer

OST 137 Office Applications I (3 Credit Hours)
OST 249 Med Coding Certification Prep (3 Credit Hours)
OST 289 Office Admin Capstone (3 Credit Hours)

Total Credit Hours: 9

Total Program Hours: 43

Note(s):

The credits obtained from this diploma may be applied toward an Associate Degree in Medical Office Administration.

This program will NOT certify an individual as a professional coder. To become certified, students should contact one of the accrediting bodies and make arrangements for the certification exam. For more information, please visit http://www.aapc.com/.

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