Associate of Applied Science Degree Medical Billing and Coding
Course descriptionThe Medical Biller and Coder is trained to work with health-related information and the systems used to collect, process, store, retrieve, and communicate information for the support of operations, management, and decision making with a medical facility or related industry. As computerization of information advances, the Medical Biller and Coder is vital to medical coding, computerized billing and patient care data analysis.
The Medical Billing and Codingprogram is designed to provide a sound educational environment for instruction and training to equip its graduates for entry-level positions as Medical Billers & Coders.
Classroom procedures
Each course stands alone as a unit of study and is not dependent upon prerequisite training. A student may enter the program at the beginning of any course and continue through the sequence until completion of all courses. The course work consists of lecture/demonstration and hands on computer laboratory procedures.