Medical Coding Certificate
Tonya Harbert, Program Director
Umphrey Industrial Technology Center, Office 201H
(409) 984-6501
keithtj@lamarpa.edu
The Medical Coding 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 |