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Medical Billing & Coding Online Class

About Medical Billing and Coding

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Medical billing and coding go hand in hand!  Most people will take both medical billing and coding classes to ensure they can fill either position at a medical facility.

Many medical transcriptionist have also taken these courses as it expands the type of positions they can do in the health care industry.

This course combines both our medical billing and medical coding courses.  By enrolling in the combination course you will save some money.

Program Description

The Medical Billing and Coding Specialist program is designed to prepare individuals for entry level employment in areas such as claims examiner, medical biller, medical coder, and related occupations in the medical industry. It combines the Medical Billing program and the Medical Coding program. Graduates of this program will be employable by private health care practices, clinics, government agencies, insurance companies and other health care facilities.  The program teaches the students how to evaluate coding and billing practices and provides the tools for developing compliance programs that will meet the standards of the health care rules and regulations.

Upon completion of the program students will possess the skills and knowledge necessary to obtain employment. Graduates of this program will be able to assign codes to diagnoses and procedures in order to insure proper financial reimbursement from insurance companies and government agencies.  Additionally, they will be able to use a universally recognized coding system and insure correct codes for compliance with federal regulations and insurance requirements.  According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, medical coding job opportunities are expected to be very good in the coming years.

Courses included (in required order)

• Medical Terminology I (Etymology, Grammar, Medical Words)  
• Medical Terminology II (Word Dynamics, Medical equipment, Anatomy)  
• Medical Coding Theory and Practice (includes outpatient coding and fundamentals of inpatient coding, including structure and sources of codes and how to look up).  
• Coding Practicum I – Applied Coding (300 charts to code)  
• Coding Practicum II - Specialty Coding (300 specialty charts to code)  
• Medical Billing I (includes Health Care History & Overview, Terminology, Provider Structure & Protocols, Hospital Billing, Family Relationships, Billing the Encounter, and Practice Economics)  
• Medical Billing II (includes Collections, Coding, Profiles, Medicaid & Medicare, Legal Issues, and Certification).  
• Health Insurance Specialist (includes Medical Care Reimbursement, Health Organization Plans, Insurance Claim Form Analysis, Payer Processing, Laws, Rules & Regulations, Private Insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, & Tricare, and Worker’s Compensation).  

Materials & Equipment included:   

CPT 2011

ICD-9-CM Code book

Medical Billing-

Medical billers make up a huge part of the healthcare industry. Every medical facility that sees patients’ needs qualified medical billers to make sure the patient’s medical claim is billed properly so the facility can get paid for the work performed.  This can include seeing a patient in the doctor’s office; radiology tests; and even critical care treatment for both inpatient and outpatient needs.   

Without proper training medical claims could be filed with errors.  This causes problems in lost revenue and a delay in payment on the medical bill.   

Our medical billing course gives you the most effective way to become a Certified Billing Specialist. The course also includes Health Insurance Specialist Training which will help to insure sufficient preparation to pass any certifier examination.

To read the full description about our medical billing course click here.

Medical Coding-

Medical coding (like medical billing) is also a very important career field to be in when it comes to careers in the healthcare industry. Medical coding and medical billing are very similar; yet are also different.   

Most people that train in medical billing will also train in medical coding.   

There are CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) codes that exist for each type of service such as an office visit, an injection, an x-ray, right on to major surgery. International Disease Codes (ICD) is the number systems assigned for diagnoses, even minor patient complaints. The combination of using codes such as; ICD and CPT will tell the payer what was wrong with the patient and the type of service(s) that was performed. 

There is high job security for Medical Coders! Every medical facility that performs a medical service is required to have medical coders on staff to ensure that each task is properly coded. This is vital to ensure the patient record and the patient bills are correct.
This Medical Billing course is currently offered only to USA residents.

To read the full description about our medical coding class click here.

To view the full course syllabus for the medical billing & coding course click here.

Enrollment information is below:

Regular Enrollment Rate for Medical Billing & Medical Coding Combined: $2,999.00
25% OFF through Feb. 29th: $2,249.25