Medical Coding
Introduction
Medical Coding is a program taught at Northern Maine Community College, USA. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time options.
Medical Coding at Northern Maine Community College is a certificate program for 100% online healthcare training. It prepares students to do specialized data entry, classification, and record-keeping for medical diagnostic, treatment, billing, and insurance documentation.
The program focuses on how medical diagnoses, procedures, and services are translated into standardized codes used for billing, insurance processing, and patient records. Graduates are eligible to sit for the Certified Professional Coder certification examination.
Career opportunities are in healthcare administration. Graduates may pursue roles in hospitals, clinics, physician offices, insurance companies, long-term care facilities, government healthcare agencies, and remote healthcare support positions.
Admission Requirements
The minimum requirements for admission in Medical Coding at Northern Maine Community College for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:
- program specific academic requirment set by Northern Maine Community College.
- English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Northern Maine Community College as pre-requiste for admission in Medical Coding.
Note: Please check the university website in the link below.
Courses Units
Please check detail of study units at https://www.nmcc.edu/academics/programs/academic-programs/medical-coding/
More Information
- Medical Coder
- Medical Records Specialist
- Health Information Technician
- Insurance Claims Specialist
- Billing and Coding Specialist
- Medical Office Support Specialist
- Remote Coding Support Specialist
- Hospitals
- Clinics
- Physician offices
- Insurance companies
- Long-term care facilities
- Government healthcare agencies
- Remote healthcare support positions
Scholarships
80 fully funded scholarships are listed for USA. See USA scholarships.