Medical
Billing & Coding
Specialist

With Medical Terminology

About the Program

With this program, you will gain the skills you need to enter one of the fastest-growing fields in allied health as a medical billing specialist. In this program, you will gain hands-on, practical experience working with the main coding manuals in the field, the ICD-10-CM and the CPT. In addition; you will be introduced to ICD-10-CM. You will also master the legal, ethical, and regulatory concepts that are central to this field. Upon completion of this program, you will be ready to begin your career in an entry-level position.  Students will also be prepared to take the Certified Billing and Coding Specialist (CBCS) national certification exam offered by National Healthcareer Association (NHA).

This course will provide you with key information about medical terminology systems. You will learn the key elements used to build medical terms. This will help you be able to decipher words on your own. You will also review body structure and the main systems of the human body. These include the integumentary, digestive, respiratory, and cardiovascular systems to name a select few. Through these learning experiences, you will learn how to recognize, pronounce. build and spell words related to the body structure. 

Participants will be asked to complete exercises at the end of each chapter as well as reference appendices in the back of the textbook to aid in the learning process. Furthermore, practice labs will be included in activities that will obtain credit for lessons with the course. 

With the medical coding training, you will gain the skills you need to enter one of the fastest-growing fields in allied health as a medical coding specialist. In this program, you will gain hands-on, practical experience working with the main coding manuals in the field. In addition you will be introduced to the new ICD-10-CM diagnosis coding system. You will also master the legal, ethical, and regulatory concepts that are central to this field. 

This is a self-paced program. Self-paced programs create a unique learning experience that allows students to learn independently and at a pace that best suits them.

Certification

This course fully prepares students to take the NHA Certified Medical Billing and Coding Specialist (CBCS) certification exam.

Exam Voucher is included in tuition.

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Tuition: $4,627

Duration: 1 year / 755 Hours

All necessary course materials are included.

Prerequisites: HS diploma/GED, basic computer skills and familiarity with the internet

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Course Breakdown

    • Role of the Insurance Specialist

    • Compliance, Privacy, Fraud and Abuse in Insurance Billing

    • Basics of Health Insurance

    • Medical Documentation and the Electronic Health Record

    • Diagnostic Coding

    • Procedural Coding

    • The Paper Claim CMS-1500

    • The Electronic Claim

    • Receiving Payments and Insurance Problem Solving

    • Office and Insurance Collection Strategies

    • The Blue Plans, Private Insurance, and Managed Care Plans

    • Medicare

    • Medicaid and Other State Programs

    • TRICARE and Veterans’ Healthcare

    • Worker’s Compensation

    • Disability Income Insurance and Disability Benefit Programs

    • Hospital Billing

    • Seeking a Job and Attaining Professional Advancement

    • Reimbursement, HIPAA and Compliance

    • An Overview of ICD-10-CM

    • ICD-10-CM Outpatient Coding and Reporting Guidelines

    • Using ICD-10-CM

    • Chapter Specific Guidelines (ICD-10-CM Chapters 1-10)

    • Chapter Specific Guidelines (ICD-10-CM Chapters 11-14)

    • Chapter Specific Guidelines (ICD-10-CM Chapters 15-21)

    • Introduction to CPT and the Level II National Codes (HCPCS)

    • Modifiers

    • Evaluation and Management (E/M) Services

    • Anesthesia

    • Surgery Guidelines and General Surgery

    • Integumentary System

    • Musculoskeletal System

    • Respiratory System

    • Cardiovascular System

    • Hemic, Lymphatic, Mediastinum, and Diaphragm

    • Digestive System

    • Urinary and Male Genital Systems

    • Reproductive, Intersex Surgery, Female Genital System, and Maternity Care and Delivery

    • Endocrine and Nervous Systems

    • Eye, Ocular Adnexa, Auditory, and Operating Microscope

    • Radiology

    • Pathology/Laboratory

    • Medicine

    • Inpatient Coding

    • Medical Terminology Basics

    • Body Structures

    • Integumentary, Digestive and Respiratory Systems

    • Cardiovascular, Blood, Lymphatic and Immune Systems

    • Musculoskeletal, Urinary, and Reproductive Systems

    • Endocrine Systems

    • Nervous System and Special Senses