Healthcare Billing and Coding Specialist (HBC1) Certificate
Campus Availability and Advisement:
- This program is also available 100% online. For online advisement, contact any of the above.
Program Description:
Healthcare Billing and Coding Specialist program provides a basic short-term academic credential with the potential for future program credit. The curriculum provides advanced training in coding skills for persons wanting to progress in their occupations or who want to prepare for full-time or part-time employment in the medical field. The Healthcare Billing and Coding Specialist program provides basic training in anatomy, medical terminology, human pathology, insurance reimbursement, and diagnostic and procedural coding skills.
Note: All occupational curriculum within this program must be completed with a “C” or better in order to graduate from the program.
Required Courses
| ENGL 1005 | Applied Technical Communication | 3 |
| | OR | |
| ENGL 1010 | Fundamentals of English I | 3 |
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| COMP 1000 | Introduction to Computer Literacy | 3 |
| | OR | |
| BUSN 1000 | Computers in Healthcare | 3 |
| | OR | |
| HIMT 1151 | Computer Applications in Healthcare | 4 |
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| BUSN 1015 | Introduction to Healthcare Reimbursement | 3 |
| BUSN 1440 | Document Production | 4 |
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| BUSN 2350 | Electronic Health Records | 3 |
| | OR | |
| HIMT 1250 | Health Record Content and Structure | 2 |
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| BUSN 2400 | Healthcare Procedural Coding | 3 |
| BUSN 2410 | ICD Coding | 3 |
| BUSN 2420 | Advanced Medical Coding | 3 |
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| BUSN 1010 | Medical Terminology, Anatomy, and Diseases for Business | 6 |
| | Or All Of The Following Three Requirements | |
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| MAST 1120 | Human Diseases | 3 |
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| | AND | |
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| BUSN 2300 | Medical Terminology | 2 |
| | OR | |
| ALHS 1090 | Medical Terminology for Allied Health Sciences | 2 |
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| | AND | |
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| BUSN 2310 | Anatomy and Terminology for the Medical Administrative Assistant | 3 |
| | OR | |
| ALHS 1011 | Structure and Function of the Human Body | 5 |
Total Credit Hours: 30 Minimum Credit Hours for Graduation