Begin A Job In Medical Coding In Just 11 Months.
Brookdale Community College Medical Coding Certificate program trains students to code health care data. You’ll learn how to decipher health records and abstract the information necessary to correctly code patient files. During the program, you’ll learn medical terminology, medical ethics and the skills required to sit for the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Certified Coding Associate (CCA) certification exam.
Following are the courses required for the 39-week Medical Coding Certificate program and the number of weeks needed to complete them:
| Course |
Weeks to Complete |
- Microcomputers
- Intro
to Health Information
Management
- Medical
Terminology
- Anatomy
and Physiology
- Medical,
Legal and Ethical
Issues
- Pathology
I
- Pathology
II
- Basic
ICD-9 Coding
- Ambulatory
Care Coding
- Advanced
Coding and Reimbursement
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The health services profession offers some of the nation’s most promising career outlooks.