Medical Coding Specialist

27-credit Technical Diploma

Program Code 31-530-2

Medical coders review physician documentation in records in order to assign diagnoses and procedure codes used for reimbursement and data purposes. Medical coders work in hospitals, physician’s offices, other healthcare facilities and insurance companies. In this program, learn two different systems in order to assign codes to the reimbursement systems for patient and outpatient coding.

How Long It Will Take

Full-time students can complete this program in three semesters.

Start Date

You can begin this program in the spring semester.

How This Program Is Offered

This is offered in an accelerated format. The Blended Option courses are organized into short, manageable segments (e.g. one class meeting each week for six or eight weeks) that meet during evening hours.

 What Makes This Program Unique

• Offered in a combination of online and classroom formats to provide a more flexible learning experience.
• Take advantage of faculty mentoring throughout the program.
• The Scientific Literacy Lab is a resource for School of Health program students. The lab enhances your learning about body systems and medical terminology.
• Graduates can become eligible to take the CCA, which is a certification exam through the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).
• Students can choose to continue their education to obtain their associate degree in Health Information Technology.

Courses You'll Take

For the courses you’ll take, semester sequence, pathways and course descriptions, view the program catalog page.

This program includes general-education courses as well as introductory and advanced technology core courses. You may also have the opportunity to obtain credit for prior learning.