Medical Insurance Coding and Billing - This course is not
available (7/11).
Job Title:
Administrative Assistant
Insurance
Clerk
The Medical Insurance Coding and Billing course prepares students for
entry-level employment in the field of insurance coding and
provides them with the skills needed to take the certification
exam. Course provides basic knowledge of CPT (including
evaluation), management, and surgery), and ICD-9 coding
rationales using official coding and reporting. Both CPT
and ICD-9 sections must be successfully passed to receive a
Certificate of Completion.
This
course is open to students in grades 11 and 12 and to adults.
Integrated throughout the course are career preparation
standards, which include basic academic skills, communication,
interpersonal skills, problem solving, safety, technology, and
other employment skills.
This course is
competency based. Students complete up to 258 hours of classroom
instruction.
Prerequisites:
Pre-entrance assessment; Medical Core or equivalent. (Fee-based
class*)
