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Medical Coding/Billing

Certificate Program

Students pursuing programs in the medical office laboratory area are required to complete an Essential Functions form prior to registering for courses

This major is primarily designed for job preparedness. Students who are considering transferring to a baccalaureate institution should be aware that decisions on transferability of courses are made by the baccalaureate institutions and differ from school to school. Students should contact the Transfer Services Office early in their academic program to determine which courses will transfer to the college of their choice.

Health Sciences
Founders Hall 112 • Phone 215-968-8353 (option 3)
Curriculum Code No. 3174

The Medical Coding/Billing Certificate program prepares graduates for positions as ambulatory care coders (Current ICD Curriculum, CPT/HCPCs), as well as billers, patient accounts representatives, and other support positions in medical offices, hospitals, and other health care facilities. Upon program completion, graduates are qualified to take the Certified Coding Specialist - Physician's Office - National Certification Examination conducted by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), and the Certified Professional Coder (CPC) National Certification Examination conducted by the American Academy of Professional Coders.

Graduates of this program are able to:

  • Identify diagnoses and procedures provided in patient information;
  • Assign appropriate diagnoses and procedure codes for patient care, population health statistics and billing purposes;
  • Integrate information for cost control, quality management, statistics, marketing, and planning;
  • Monitor governmental and non-governmental standards;
  • Design system controls to monitor patient information security; and
  • Communicate effectively with patients, members of the health care team, and billing offices, both face-to-face and via telehealth.

HITT285-the clinical externship- is scheduled Monday through Friday during the day. There are no weekend or evening clinical site hours. Students must complete a total of 120 hours, with a minimum three-day-a-week availability recommended.
Prior to Externship placement, students must submit (at their own expense):

  • Requests for federal and state background checks
  • Child Abuse History Clearance Form
  • Certification of Health Status
  • Certification in CPR: Health Care Provider (AHA-BLS)
  • A mandatory 10-panel expanded opiates drug screen to be completed no sooner than 30 days before the start of the externship.

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Certificate Requirements

Course Credits
BIOL115
Basic Human Anatomy B
3
COLL101
College Success Seminar
1
HITT105
Legal Aspects of Health Information Technology
3
HITT190
Introduction to Health Information Technology
3
HITT217
Medical Insurance & Reimbursement B
3
HITT285
Medical Coding/Billing Externship C
3
HITT297
Medical Coding B
3
HITT298
Advanced Procedural Coding B
3
HITT299
Advanced Diagnostic Coding B
3
MEDA120
Medical Terminology A
3
MEDA140
Keyboarding and Document Processing A
3
Total Credit Hours 31

Since the individual circumstances and backgrounds of students vary, all students planning to complete this certificate program must meet with their assigned academic advisor to develop a planned sequence of courses to meet their individual needs.

Recommended Semester Sequence

Fall I

Course Credits
BIOL115
Basic Human Anatomy B
3
COLL101
College Success Seminar
1
MEDA120
Medical Terminology A
3
HITT190
Introduction to Health Information Technology
3
HITT297
Medical Coding B
3
Total Credit Hours 13

Spring I

Course Credits
HITT105
Legal Aspects of Health Information Technology
3
HITT217
Medical Insurance & Reimbursement B
3
HITT298
Advanced Procedural Coding B
3
HITT299
Advanced Diagnostic Coding B
3
MEDA140
Keyboarding and Document Processing A
3
Total Credit Hours 15

Summer I

Course Credits
HITT285
Medical Coding/Billing Externship C
3
Total Credit Hours 3

A Open for credit by examination.
B Course requires prerequisite or corequisite.
C Completion of all other HITT courses and permission of the Department of Health Sciences.

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