Medical Record Coder - Midlands Technical College

Medical Record Coder from Midlands Technical College is a Campus Certificate Health Administration degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. Midlands Technical College offers medical record coder training via live broadcast of lectures and laboratory instruction to rural areas of South Carolina as well as locally on the Airport Campus. Live clinical experience will be in the student\'s home community. The medical coder is a health information specialist trained to assign diagnostic and procedural codes, applying both ICD-9-CM and CPT-4 classification systems for optimal reimbursement in a variety of health care settings. The medical record coder will establish a familiarity with other coding and classification systems utilized in non-traditional health care settings as well as reimbursement-related issues and skills including DRG assignment/validation, federal reimbursement systems, operations of third party payers and billing departments. The general education component of this certificate program will allow the student to develop a background in human anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, computer skills and will be obtainable at the students \"home\" technical college. The professional education component will consist of an introduction to the field of health information management, in-depth instruction on medical record coding, focus on medical pathology and interpretation of medical documentation. Hands-on coding practice will be achieved not only in lab settings, but also in hospital and other health care facility medical record departments supervised by health information management professionals. The technical courses, exclusive of clinical rotations, will be provided by Midlands Technical College . The Medical Record Coder Certificate will be awarded from Midlands Technical College in Columbia, SC. Successful students will be encouraged to sit for the National Coding Examination, after gaining additional experience, so as to receive credentials as Certified Coding Associate (CCA). This examination is offered by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Students must complete all HIM and science courses with a \"C\" or better in the time frame permitted by the Health Science Department and may repeat no more than two technology courses. View more details on Midlands Technical College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Health Administration courses.