CPC Medical Billing and Coding

Pierce College ETPL
This Medical Billing and Coding program with 60 hours of medical terminology training, gives you a competitive edge in entering the healthcare field. This career prepares you for employment in medical facilities, health insurance companies, pharmacies, medical suppliers, consulting firms, and medical billing companies. This program offers valuable training in legal, ethical, and regulatory concepts that are central to the field, including HIPAA compliance and third-party guidelines for filing insurance claims. You will gain hands-on, practical experience in medical billing and coding and work with the main coding manuals: ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, CPT, and HCPCS Level II. You will also learn how to code diagnoses, services, and procedures for all systems of the body as well as the disorders and medical procedures common to each body system, including musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, nervous, endocrine, integumentary, genitourinary, lymphatic, and immune.

Financial information

Total tuition

$3,295.00

Total required fees

$0.00

Books and supplies

$0.00

Locations

Online

Instructional methods

Online, E-learning, or Distance Learning

Is this program offered on evenings and weekends?

No

Program details

1 Years

Length of training

Certificate

Award type

N/A

Credits

340

Clock Hours (Total)

Additional details

Award name

Certificate

Education Prerequisites

No Selection

Prerequisite courses and other requirements

Is this program approved to train veterans?

No

Program languages

English

Certification/license obtained as part of training program

Prepared to take Certified Professional Coder CPC Exam offered by the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC).

Certification/license test preparation provided

Certified Professional Coders (CPC)

Employment performance results

Data is unavailable for one of several reasons: In some cases, the institution has not provided the Workforce Board with data to independently evaluate program performance. We encourage all schools to provide this data on an annual basis. In other cases, the program joined Career Bridge recently and student data has not been reported yet. In other cases, the program is too small or too new to provide reliable results.

Top industries for graduates

Data is unavailable for one of several reasons: In some cases, the institution has not provided the Workforce Board with data to independently evaluate program performance. We encourage all schools to provide this data on an annual basis. In other cases, the program joined Career Bridge recently and student data has not been reported yet. In other cases, the program is too small or too new to provide reliable results.

Student characteristics

Data is unavailable for one of several reasons: In some cases, the institution has not provided the Workforce Board with data to independently evaluate program performance. We encourage all schools to provide this data on an annual basis. In other cases, the program joined Career Bridge recently and student data has not been reported yet. In other cases, the program is too small or too new to provide reliable results.