Information Technology - Medical Coding, Certificate (234)
About Our Program
The Medical Coding Program is a certificate program designed to prepare individuals to understand coding principles, guidelines, medical terminology, and regulatory changes for coding. The program is designed to offer a variety of learning experiences including classroom lecture and workplace experience when possible.
Nature of Work and Employment
Medical coders are professionals skilled in classifying medical data from patient records. These coders review patients’ records and assign numeric codes for each diagnosis and procedure. Coding accuracy is highly important to health care organizations because of its impact on revenues and describing health outcomes. Numerous career opportunities exist in hospitals, physician offices, clinics, home health agencies, and other health care settings. Successful graduates are eligible to take the national medical coding exams for certification.