Coding Specialist

Department: Health Information Management
Program Director: Marsha Holey
Program Option: Certificate

The College offers both a coding specialist program and a basic medical coding program, both of which lead to a certificate.

Basic Medical Coding

Required courses:
HIMP 1050 Medical Terminology for Health Information Professionals
HIMP 1260 Health Record as an Information Tool
HIMP 1450 Pharmacology and Clinical Laboratory
HIMP 1560 CPT Coding
HIMP 1850 ICD Coding
HIMP 2750 Reimbursement Systems

Supporting course:
BIOL 2400 Anatomy & Physiology I

Coding Specialist

Required courses:
HIMP 1050 Medical Terminology for Health Information Professionals
HIMP 1150 Information Technology
HIMP 1260 Health Record as an Information Tool
HIMP 1360 Health Document Content and Structure
HIMP 1450 Pharmacology and Clinical Laboratory
HIMP 1560 CPT Coding
HIMP 1850 ICD Coding
HIMP 2250 Advanced Coding
HIMP 2750 Reimbursement Systems

Supporting courses:
BIOL 2400 Anatomy & Physiology I
BIOL 2420 Human Disease

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