Medical Information Coder/Biller (6528)
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| Program Website |
http://www.pbcc.edu/MedicalCode.xml
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| Program Description |
This program prepares students for employment as medical coders and health insurance specialists. The medical coder is responsible for assigning correct diagnostic and procedural codes to medical documentation from patients’ medical records to ensure appropriate medical insurance reimbursement and compliance.
The Medical Information Coder/Biller program content is comprehensive, covering both inpatient and outpatient coding and documentation principles. This requires knowledge and abilities in anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, computer software, reimbursement, health insurance, ethics, legal and regulatory requirements, and health information management.
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| Program Accreditation |
The Medical Information Coder/Biller program is accredited by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). This designation acknowledges the coding program as having been evaluated by a peer review process against a national minimum set of standards for entry-level coding professions. This process allows academic institutions, health care organizations, and private companies to be acknowledged as offering an AHIMA Approved Coding Certificate program.
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| Employment Opportunities |
Upon completion of this program, the student may seek employment as a medical coder or health insurance specialist in a hospital, physician’s office, intermediate care facility, insurance company, billing company or clinic. A medical information coder/biller uses the clinical documentation, diagnosis and procedures and translates them into numeric codes. These numeric codes are input into the computer system and used for reimbursement, quality assurance and research.
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| Career Path Notes |
Completion of the program will provide students with 34 credits, which may be applied to the Health Information Management Associate in Science degree.
Upon completion of the program students can sit for the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) CCA certification examination and/or the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) CPC-A certification examination.
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| Admission |
High school diploma (or equivalent) and College Application submitted to PBCC www.pbcc.edu/admissions.xml.
In addition, students must complete a Limited Access Program Application. After completing the general education courses, application is available online through the program website.
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| Completion Requirements |
Students must successfully complete all courses listed in the catalog for this program.
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| Program Length |
Total program credits: 34. Total program length: 6 semesters part-time. Most of the Medical Information Coder/Biller courses are formatted as hybrid online courses.
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| Location |
The program is offered on the Lake Worth campus.
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| Financial Aid |
http://www.pbcc.edu/financialaid.xml
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| Application |
http://www.pbcc.edu/admissions.xml
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| Advising |
http://www.pbcc.edu/advising.xml
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| Career Center |
http://www.pbcc.edu/career
For more information about employment opportunities including job outlook and salary information visit:
Occupational Outlook Handbook: http://www.bls.gov/oco/
O-Net Online: http://online.onetcenter.org/
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| For More Information |
Julia Steff, steffj@pbcc.edu, (561) 868-3902
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