This program is a 300-hour entry level program that teaches a student how to work in the insurance and health claims examination side of healthcare. This program begins by introducing medical terminology including analogy and physiology, prefixes, suffixes and word roots, definition and medical offices procedures such as medical office, protocol, and use of office equipment and components of a patient chart, confidentiality and HIPAA, completion of patient forms, filing and telephone etiquette. The student then advances into the medical billing and coding module, which teaches a student how to do ICD-10 coding, CPT coding, completing claim forms with insurance companies, ethics and law, common billing terminology, how to review claims forms, how to maintain a billing system and how to maintain patient records.

• Role of a medical biller in the health care industry.
• Introduction to Medical Terminology.
• Introduction to body systems and common abbreviations
• Introduction to Health Insurance and Managed Health Care.
• Life Cycle of an Insurance Claim.
• Legal and regulatory considerations.
• ICD-10-CM coding.
• CPT and HCPCS coding system.
• Introduction to the basic computer.
• Understanding medisoft.
• HCFA common procedure coding system (HCPCS).
• Filing commercial claims.
• Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans.
• Medicare and Medic aid.
• Workers Compensation.
• Case studies and coding exercises.

• Total Clock Hours: 300
• Calendar Length of program: 15 weeks
• Certification: Certificate of Completion
• Credential: National Health Care Association