Medical Coding Specialist Certificate




Year 1 Semester 1
Fall
MDCA 1313 Medical Terminology

This course is a study and practical application of medical vocabulary system. Includes structure recognition analysis definition spelling pronunciation and combination of medical terms form prefixes suffixes roots and combining forms. (Fall Spring Summer)

Credit hours
3 credit hours.
Lecture/Lab/Clinical
Two hours of lecture and three hours of lab each week.

Note

Additional course fee(s) required.

MDCA 1343 Medical Insurance

This course emphasizes medical office coding for payment and reimbursement by patient or third-party payers for ambulatory care settings. (Fall)

Credit hours
3 credit hours.
Lecture/Lab/Clinical
Two hours of lecture and four hours of lab each week
Prerequisites

MDCA 1313 聽BCIS 1305聽


Note

Additional course fee(s) required.

MDCA 1205 Medical Law & Ethics

This is a course of instruction in principles procedures and regulations involving legal and ethical relationships among physicians patients and medical assistants in ambulatory care settings.

Credit hours
2 credit hours.
Lecture/Lab/Clinical
One hour of lecture and four hours of lab each week.

Note

Additional course fee(s) required.

HITT 1441 Coding and Classification Systems

This course emphasizes fundamentals of coding rules conventions and guidelines using clinical classification systems. (Fall)

Credit hours
4 credit hours.
Lecture/Lab/Clinical
Two hours of lecture and six hours of lab each week.
Prerequisites

MDCA 1313 BCIS 1305聽


Note

Additional course fee(s) required.

Total Credit Hours
12

Year 1 Semester 2
Spring
HITT 1301 Health Data Content and Structure

This course is an introduction to systems and processes for collecting maintaining an disseminating primary and secondary health-related information including content of health record documentation requirements registries indices licensing regulatory agencies forms and screens. (Spring)

Credit hours
3 credit hours.
Lecture/Lab/Clinical
Two hours of lecture and four hours of lab each week
Prerequisites

MDCA 1343 HITT 1441聽


Note

Additional course fee(s) required.

MDCA 1302 Human Disease/Pathophysiology

This course is a study of anatomy and physiology with emphasis on human pathophysiology including etiology prognosis medical treatment and signs of symptoms of common diseases of the body systems.

Credit hours
3 credit hours.
Lecture/Lab/Clinical
Two hours of lecture and four hours of lab each week.
Prerequisites

MDCA 1313聽


Note

Additional course fee(s) required.

MDCA 1309 Anatomy and Physiology for Medical Assistants

This course emphasizes structure and function of human cells tissues organs and systems with overview of common pathophysiology. (Spring)

Credit hours
3 credit hours.
Lecture/Lab/Clinical
Two hours of lecture and four hours of lab each week
Prerequisites

MDCA 1313聽


Note

Additional course fee(s) required.

HITT 1342 Ambulatory Coding

This course places emphasis on fundamentals of ambulatory coding rules conventions and guidelines. (Spring)

Credit hours
3 credit hours.
Lecture/Lab/Clinical
Two hours of lecture and four hours of lab each week.
Prerequisites

MDCA 1343 HITT 1441聽


Note

Additional course fee(s) required.

Total Credit Hours
12
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