Enhance your education with PCI's medical billing and coding program

Our Medical Billing & Coding Associate of Occupational Studies program can qualify you for entry-level administrative and clerical positions in any healthcare environment. The courses in our 16-month program provide the critical skills to become a confident, successful medical billing and coding specialist.

After completing our Medical Billing & Coding program, graduates are prepared for entry-level positions as either physician-based or in-patient coders. Students are provided with the technological capabilities and interpersonal strategies necessary for medical billing and coding. Our program also equips students with a solid comprehension of the value and significance of accurate billing and coding. After completion of the program, students should be prepared to take the CPC-A exam for apprentice-level certification through the American Association of Professional Coders (AAPC).

Our Medical Billing & Coding program can prepare you to fill entry-level administrative or clerical positions in a variety of healthcare environments such as physicians’ offices, health departments, clinics, hospitals, and surgical or lab facilities.

Topics this course will cover:

• Medical Terminology
• Anatomy and Physiology for Coders
• Medical Law and Billing
• Word Processing
• Business Communications
• Spreadsheets
• Insurance and Coding
• Advanced Billing and Coding
• Billing and Coding – Surgical and Lab
• Billing and Coding Practicum

After completing our Medical Billing & Coding Associate of Occupational Studies program, you should be able to:

• Exhibit strong keyboarding, word processing and computer skills
• Understand and apply medical office organizational techniques
• Understand and perform insurance billing and coding using ICD-9, HCPCS and CPT for physician and health offices
• Feel confident working in a medical setting
• Comprehend the ethics and HIPAA requirements and responsibilities in medical billing and coding
• Coordinate a successful job search
• Apply this Associate of Occupational Studies degree as one year of experience toward the CPC requirements
• Communicate orally and in writing in a concise, clear manner
• Recognize and apply management and human-relations skills and techniques

At Pinnacle Career Institute, you can turn your interest in the healthcare field into a career you enjoy. Contact us today to learn how you can earn your medical billing and coding Associate of Occupational Studies degree!

Program Outcomes by Location

16-month Associate of Occupational Studies Degree

• Pinnacle Career Institute located in North Kansas City
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• Pinnacle Career Institute Online Education

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