Medical Coding Specialist - Black Hawk College Quad-Cities Campus - Moline IL

Medical Coding Specialist from Black Hawk College Quad-Cities Campus - Moline IL is a Campus Certificate Health Administration degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. The Medical Coding Specialist Certificate is to prepare students for employment in the health care information management area. This certificate would enable the student to be employed by hospital coding departments, physicians' offices, health care clinics, emergency care clinics, chiropractic offices, psychiatric clinics, health insurance companies, and HMO offices. The opportunity for Internet coding work is possible after experience is gained. The Medical Coding Specialist job entails the translation of diagnoses, procedures, services, and supplies into numeric/alpha-numerical components for statistical. reporting and reimbursement. The Medical Coding Specialist can expect team working experience with medical billing specialists and medical transcriptionists and others on the health care team; this person will need special training in medical terminology, anatomy and physiology as well as a thorough understanding of CPT-4 procedure and ICD-9/10 diagnosis coding; also necessary knowledge includes an in-depth understanding of thirdparty reimbursement and overage policies, the review and the abstract of in-patient and out-patient medical records, the ability to utilize new coding standards, HIPPA regulations, the ability to resolve insurance carrier rejects and denials related to coding and coverage issues. View more details on Black Hawk College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Health Administration courses.