Medical Coding Specialist Certificate
Sheila Guillot, Business and Industrial Technology Department Chair
Umphrey Industrial Technology Center, Office 201B
(409) 984-6381
guillsr@lamarpa.edu
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The Medical Coding Specialist Certificate provides a student with training in medical terminology, electronic health records, coding classification systems, and database management. Students entering this field should be detail-oriented and work well with numbers.
Students will learn how to safely manage a patient's protected health information and methodically transfer medical record information into codes—both diagnostic and procedural.
Recommended Program of Study
| Course |
Title |
SCH |
First Year
Fall Semester |
| HITT 1305 |
Medical Terminology I |
3 |
| MDCA 1321 |
Administrative Procedures |
3 |
| POFM 1300 |
Basic Medical Coding |
3 |
| POFM 1302 |
Medical Software Applications |
3 |
| POFT 1127 |
Introduction to Keyboarding |
1 |
| POFT 1313 |
Professional Workforce Preparation |
3 |
| Spring Semester |
| HITT 1301 |
Health Data Content and Structure |
3 |
| HITT 1303 |
Medical Terminology II |
3 |
| HITT 1313 |
Coding & Insurance |
3 |
| MDCA 1205 |
Medical Law and Ethics |
2 |
| POFM 2310 |
Intermediate Medical Coding |
3 |
| Total |
30 |
