Medical Coding and Billing for Healthcare Diploma

Brown Mackie College — Hopkinsville

The Medical Coding and Billing for Healthcare diploma program at Brown Mackie College – Hopkinsville in Kentucky provides students with the skills necessary to obtain entry-level employment in the medical business office setting. The program prepares students to analyze information from patient records and combine that information with knowledge of insurance reimbursement and coding guidelines to optimize physician payments.

Medical record coders and health information technicians specialize in coding patient records for health insurance purposes. They assign a code to each diagnosis and procedure. These technicians also are responsible for making sure that patient charts and forms are complete and accurate, so they regularly communicate with healthcare professionals to clarify or obtain information.

This Medical Coding and Billing diploma program offers you courses on:
• The fundamentals of anatomy and physiology.
• Automated scheduling and billing procedures, as well as fundamental accounting, office management, and correspondence.
• The rules for computerized coding systems and how to apply them to code patient diagnoses and procedures.