A Certificate of Achievement is awarded upon completion of all required courses with a grade of C or better. The medical coding curriculum prepares students with entry-level skills to seek employment as medical coders in acute care and ambulatory facilities. The student will learn reimbursement coding using the ICD and CPT coding books and an encoder. A Certificate of Achievement is awarded upon completion of all required courses with a grade of C or better. These courses can be applied toward the requirements for the Certificate of Achievement in Medical Assisting, Administrative and Clinical.
Students successfully completing an option are eligible to receive a Certificate of Completion.
The medical receptionist option prepares students with entry-level skills to seek employment in medical reception areas. Instruction includes interpersonal communication skills, greeting patients, scheduling appointments, computer data entry, initial processing of managed care patients, telephone techniques, interpersonal relations, oral communication, medical ethics and law, Occupational Health and Safety regulations, medical asepsis, vital signs and height-weight measurements, and initial medical record documentation. A Certificate of Completion is awarded upon completion of all required courses with a grade of C or better. The medical office transcription option prepares students with entry-level skills to seek employment medical office transcriptionists. Instruction includes formatting documents including the history and physical, correspondence, discharge summaries, operative reports and special laboratory reports using a transcriber and word processing program.