Designed to prepare workers for success on the job and industry certification, the online Medical Billing and Coding Training course curriculum covers foundational knowledge from common terminology to standard coding methods.
Career Diploma
Accredited
Estimated completion time:
The estimated completion times are based on completion times for consumer learners enrolled in this program from May 2021 - April 2022, excluding withdrawals. Enterprise Solution rates may be higher but are highly dependent upon implementation choices.
In this course, you’ll develop the necessary skills to ensure your success in the program. You'll learn how you can improve your study skills, so you're able to use a number of tools that will help you to be successful. You'll then learn about the healthcare professions involved in the United States healthcare system. You'll learn about their common tasks, where they typically work, and how each role contributes to the patient experience. You'll then discover the hard and soft skills required across different healthcare professional roles. The course ends with an overview of the United States healthcare system. You'll examine the different levels of patient care, the differences between public and private healthcare, how facilities bill for services, and how laws and regulations govern healthcare practices.
By the end of this course, your learners will be able to:
This course is designed to help your learners develop professional relationships in the workplace and professionally administer and manage office communications and procedures. It also provides a review of basic math operations, along with a basic introduction to working with Word and Excel.
By the end of this course, your learners will be able to:
This course will familiarize your learners with various body systems including medical terms, structure, function, diseases, disorders, and treatments. They will also learn drug delivery systems, drug administration routes, drug classifications, and commonly used medications for various organ system disorders.
By the end of this course, your learners will be able to:
This course is a continuation of Body Systems and Medical Terminology 1. Your learners will continue to learn about various body systems, drug delivery systems, drug administration routes, drug classifications, and commonly used medications for various organ system disorders. They will also learn basic medication calculations, storage, how to assist patients with administration, and proper documentation.
By the end of this course, your learners will be able to:
This course describes healthcare professionals who can identify the four subdivisions of pharmacology and different drug classifications, including vitamins and minerals. Pathology and Pharmacology will also prepare your learners to explain the causes of infectious disease and techniques used to stop its spread. Finally, they will review the basic etiology of common diseases and conditions.
By the end of this course, your learners will be able to:
This course is designed to help you understand the reimbursement process and the various methodologies involved. You’ll be introduced to billing cycles and how health information technology is used in medical offices, and learn about basic accounting transaction terminology and apply this information to enter patient charges and payments.
By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:
This course introduces the reimbursement process and the various methodologies involved, such as fee-for-service and episode-of-care methodologies. The course also covers important information regarding payment systems, fee schedules, chargemasters, coding, and the internal audit process. The course also explains the fundamentals of health insurance and types of health insurance.
By the end of this course, your learners will be able to:
In this course, your learners will learn how law affects healthcare practitioners, the origin of law that affects medical professionals, the basics of the process of litigation and its alternatives, the common-law basis for the confidentiality of healthcare information, and the laws regulating healthcare information collected and maintained by government agencies.
By the end of this course, your learners will be able to:
This first coding course begins with an overview of coding concepts, terms, and procedures. Your learners will start by exploring the history of the ICD-10 coding system. They will code diagnoses in the ICD-10-CM and use the chapter-specific coding guidelines to code diseases and conditions with specific and unique rules. They will finish the course with coding procedures in the ICD-10-PCS, and in the basics of coding with ICD-10.
By the end of this course, your learners will be able to:
In this course, your learners will concentrate on procedures and their associated systems. They will also learn about general coding guidelines for outpatient procedures and physician office coding using CPT, HCPCS Level I, and HCPCS Level II procedure coding.
By the end of this course, your learners will be able to:
This course will prepare your learners to sit for a certification exam to become a professional coder. They will review all of the domains that will be covered on the test, and they will take practice coding exams to simulate the test-taking experience.
By the end of this course, your learners will be able to:
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