Certificate in Medical Billing & Coding for Health Care Professionals
Certificate Level: Undergraduate
Admission Requirements: High school transcript or equivalent minimum
Certificate Type: Certificate
Number of Credits to Completion: 18.0
Instructional Delivery: Online
Calendar Type: Quarter
Expected Time to Completion: 1 years
Financial Aid Eligibility: Not aid eligible
Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) Code: 51.0713
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Code: 29-2071
Note: This certificate program is currently not accepting students for AY2024-25.
About the Program
Expertise in medical billing and coding is a necessary skill set for laboratory professionals in today’s health care environment. This skill set enables health care professionals to work with laboratory and hospital administrators to determine relevant workload statistics and assign, capture and transmit relevant revenue statistics to hospital administrators and third-party payors. In addition, the medical billing and coding skill set is a recognized asset that will allow health care professionals to create opportunities for advancement in their professional careers.
Admission Requirements
Prerequisite coursework, with grades of C or above, one course of each of the following: Medical Terminology, Anatomy, Patho-physiology and Pharmacology.
Program Requirements
| DMBC 322 | Diagnostic Coding I | 3.0 |
| DMBC 323 | Procedural Coding I | 3.0 |
| DMBC 324 | Diagnostic Coding II | 3.0 |
| DMBC 325 | Procedural Coding II | 3.0 |
| DMBC 326 | Understanding Insurance, Admin & the Law for Med Billers & Coders | 3.0 |
| DMBC 327 | Virtual Lab for Medical Billers & Coders | 3.0 |
| Total Credits | 18.0 | |
Sample Plan of Study
| First Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| DMBC 322 | 3.0 | DMBC 324 | 3.0 | DMBC 326 | 3.0 |
| DMBC 323 | 3.0 | DMBC 325 | 3.0 | DMBC 327 | 3.0 |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Total Credits 18 | |||||