Diploma in Certified Coding Specialist

CERTIFIED CODING SPECIALIST is a Diploma program taught at Mountwest Community and Technical College, USA. Intake: Fall, Spring. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time (2 years) options.

The Certified Coding Specialist program is a Certificate of Applied Science with 43 credit hours. Students learn to analyze and classify medical data and assign codes to diagnoses, injuries, and procedures using universally recognized coding systems: ICD-10-CM/PCS and CPT-4. The program also builds familiarity with coding systems, medical terminology, and medical background in anatomy and diseases.

Instruction supports understanding of how codes are reported to insurance companies or government agencies for payment or reimbursement of patients’ health expenses, medical statistics, and research. Students have the opportunity to complete a directed practice of 60 hours in a virtual healthcare environment or healthcare setting.

Successful completion of the program prepares students to sit for the CCA or CCS exam administered by the American Health Information Association.

Modules

• Directed practice

The minimum requirements for admission in CERTIFIED CODING SPECIALIST at Mountwest Community and Technical College for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by Mountwest Community and Technical College.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Mountwest Community and Technical College as pre-requiste for admission in CERTIFIED CODING SPECIALIST.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

The college adheres to an open admission policy which means applications with a high school diploma or GED are eligible for admission. Applicants with neither a high school diploma nor GED may be admitted on a conditional basis.

Please check detail of study units at https://www.mctc.edu/programs/certified-coding-specialist/

• Cabell-Huntington Hospital
• Huntington Internal Medicine Group
• King’s Daughters’ Medical Center
• St. Mary’s Medical Center
• Insurance companies

80 fully funded scholarships are listed for USA. See USA scholarships.