Medical Coding - Wallace State Community College

About the Program 

The Medical Coding Certificate Program gets ready understudies to end up medicinal coding masters who perform point by point audit of restorative records to recognize analyses and agent methods. Numeric characterization codes are appointed to every conclusion and technique, utilizing mechanized or manual strategies. Standard grouping frameworks utilized incorporate the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM), ICD-10-PCS (Procedural Coding System) and Current Procedural Terminology (CPT). Coders likewise work mechanized grouper projects to bunch determinations and systems into installment classifications called Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRGs).

The American Health Information Management Association has built up a national confirmation program for restorative coders. Each new graduate qualifies as a possibility for the AHIMA national examination to wind up a Certified Coding Associate (CCA). At the point when combined with broad, at work encounter, the Medical Coding coursework readies the understudy to take the AHIMA examination to wind up a Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) or Certified Coding Specialist-Physician Office (CCS-P).

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