Course Description

MED3006         Medical Billing

Prepares students for entry level jobs in accounting skills necessary  in a doctor’s office or other medical facility.  This thirty nine hour eleven week course  includes Front Office Management, Filing Part B CMS 1500, Filing Part A CMS 1450, All About Medicare, Medicare Billing Problems,  Patient  Record Keeping using Medisoft, Medicare as Secondary Payer, Medicare & Home Health, Medicare and Women’s Health.  Also included is a 1000 page 28 chapter Advanced Claims Processing Manual with everything you ever wanted to know about starting your own medical billing business from home.
At the end of the regular course work, you are given an option to use Code it Right, a on line electronic version of the ICD9 and CPT coding manuals.  This program is available via download and is used in an instructor led  internet course leading to a Certificate.

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MED3023    Medical  Coding

  Prepares students for entry level jobs in a doctor’s office or other medical facility. Thirty nine hour eleven week course  includes ICD-9-CM Coding, CPT Coding, Medicare Fraud & Abuse, and Evaluation & Management. You will need access to a ICD-9-CM and CPT manual to use with this downloaded course software that is used in an instructor led  internet course leading to a Certificate. 

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MED3030      Advanced Coding  ICD9

  This course compiles and summarizes the official coding guidelines concerning the most common yet complex diagnosis coding  issues  The course is organized by major body system chapter, as found in the ICD-9-CM manual.  Each chapter is organized by (1) Issues (2) Coding clarification (3) Physician Documentation Issues, and (4) Coding Scenarios.  Real life coding problems illustrating the issues are presented with ICD-9-CM solutions.  This eleven week 39 hour course is offered on line via the internet. This program is available on downloaded course softwar that is used in an instructor led  internet course leading to a Certificate. 

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NUR3235       Medical Terminology 

  Foundation for all other medical training courses.  Over 1000 words and terms are defined in thirty three chapters outlined by body systems.  Words are pronounced through your computer speaker.   This is a thirty nine hour eleven week course. This program is available on downloaded software that is used in an instructor led  internet course leading to a Certificate. 

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    MED3030 L30                           Advanced Coding – CPT  

  This course is organized according to the sections in the CPT book.  Frequently asked questions from real life situations are answered in an authoritive manner.  This 39 hour eleven week instructor led course provides advanced coding problems with their solutions.  The main emphasis is on Evaluation and Management and Surgery codes. A five step outline is used to help you code the exercises/scenarios in the problems.  Detailed medical history reports, including post operative reports, are provided from which CPT codes are determined.

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MED 3008             AAPC, AHIMA, and AMBA Certification Exam Review

This online course is designed to prepare students to take the (1) Certified Professional Coder Examination (Hospital) administered by the American Academy of Professional Coder, (2) the Certified Coding Associate exam administered by the American Health Information Management Association and (3) the Certified Medical Reimbursement Specialist exam administered by the American Medical Billing Association.  Topics for review include Medical Terminology, Human Anatomy,  CPT Coding Guidelines, ICD-9-CM (Vol. 1 , 2 & 3) Diagnostic Coding, HCPCS Level 2, E//M Coding, Anesthesia Coding, Surgical Coding, and Use of Modifiers. This 39 hour 11 week course is offered via the Internet. Students must have access to an e-mail account. 

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 BIO 165               Anatomy & Physiology for the Medical Office - Part One   

  Anatomy & Physiology – Part One.  This eleven week thirty nine hour self paced course presents the structure of organisms by body systems and analyzes the normal function of body organs.  Topics include cells & tissues, the integumentary system, the axial skeletal system, the appendicular skeletal system, the muscular system, the general nervous system, the central nervous system, and the peripheral nervous system.  Full color graphics and audio descriptions complement descriptive text material. This program is available on a software download that is used in an instructor led  internet course leading to a Certificate. 

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  BIO 166                  Anatomy & Physiology  for the Medical Office- Part Two   

 Anatomy & Physiology – Part Two.  This eleven week thirty-nine hour self-paced course continues the study of body systems.  Topics include the five senses, the endocrine system, the blood, the heart and blood vessels, the lymphatic system, the respiratory system, the digestive system, metabolism, the urinary system, and the reproductive system.  Full color graphics and audio descriptions complement descriptive text material. This program is available on a downloaded course software that is used in an instructor led Community College internet course leading to a Certificate. 

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MED 3024                            Introduction to ICD-10-CM

This course is a compilation of information that has been published by various government, hospital, medical, and professional organizations regarding the introduction of ICD-10-CM on October 1, 2013.  Use of an online ICD-10-CM database helps the student get practice with the new codes.  In addition, the entire alphabetical, tabular, and guidelines are available for the user to download in PDF format.  The material in this six week 39 hour course is entirely self-paced.  Technical support is included but no instructor let training is offered.  Study material is available on a downloaded basis.

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