Program Details
WITC offers the online Medical Coding Specialist Technical Diploma. This program prepares individuals for employment as entry-level coding specialists in healthcare facilities such as hospitals, clinics, physician practice groups, surgery centers, long-term care facilities and home healthcare agencies. Coding specialists are also employed in consulting firms, coding and billing services, insurance companies, governmental agencies and computer software companies.
The Medical Coding Specialist reviews medical documentation provided by physicians and other healthcare providers and translates this into numeric codes. The coding specialist assigns and sequences diagnostic and procedural codes using universally-recognized coding systems. Several uses of coded data are for payment of healthcare claims, statistics and medical research.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED
- Accuplacer entrance assessment may be required
- Complete one year of high school chemistry or one term of college-level chemistry with a 2.0 or better
School Accreditation Statement
North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, The Higher Learning Commission