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With the rising numbers of medical tests, treatments, and procedures, insurance companies require accuracy and efficiency in entering claims. Training in the field of medical coding could help you develop these important skills. Medical coders ensure proper data retrieval, analysis, and claims processing to maintain compliance with federal legislation mandating the use of electronic record-keeping.  Our online Medical Coding Certificate allows you to study to increase your skill set, without sacrificing your current job.


The Medical Coding Certificate is a training program designed to help you examine and understand health care delivery systems, medical health care information terminologies, and classification systems for diseases. Attention to detail and strong time-management skills are a given. But you will not be tied to the screen—communicating with physicians’ offices, hospitals, and other health care providers also comes with the territory. Our medical coding continuing education program addresses all aspects of this exciting position, not just the technical ones.

 Imagine What You Can Do 

  • Enter The Medical Field

  • Understand health care delivery systems, terminologies, and disease classification systems.

  • Utilize Computer Software

  • Enter patient information into computer databases for insurance purposes and categorize by “diagnosis-related groups” (DRGs).

  • Review and Evaluate

  • Abstract clinical information from a variety of medical records and assign appropriate diagnostic and procedural codes to patient records.

  • Become Certified

  • Prepare for the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Certified Coding Associate (CCA) exam with our medical coding continuing education program.*

    The Medical Coding Certificate program is approved as a Comprehensive Coding Program by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). This designation acknowledges the coding program as having been evaluated by a peer review process against a national minimum set of standards for entry-level coding professionals.

 Imagine Where You Can Apply 

Medical coders enjoy careers in physicians’ offices, hospitals, health care services, outpatient care centers, and nursing and residential care facilities.†


The average salary for medical coders in various employment settings is $43,995.‡

 Is This Program Right For Me? 

This medical coding training program is intended for individuals who possess a high school diploma or GED and who wish to enter the allied health field in a data-management setting. The online program offers you the opportunity to study to earn your certificate from the convenience of your home or anywhere with an Internet connection.


Students enrolling in the Medical Coding Certificate program must demonstrate basic computer skills through successful completion of a challenge exam or submission of a transcript reflecting completion of a college-level computer course. Students unable to satisfy this requirement must complete the Medical Coding Certificate program's Introduction to Computer Skills course as a prerequisite to their medical coding training. There will be no charge to the student for either the challenge exam or the Introduction to Computer Skills course.


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Courses Include

  • Medical Terminology
  • Anatomy and Physiology for Coding Professionals
  • Pathophysiology and Pharmacotherapy
  • Information Technology for Health Care
  • Health Care Data
  • Health Care Delivery Systems
  • International Classification of Diseases (ICD)
  • Healthcare Common Procedural Coding System (HCPCS) Classification System
  • Reimbursement Methods
  • Coding Externship Experience§

  

For complete course descriptions, click here.

  

  

 Take the First Step 

In 12 months or less, you could be on your way to a more rewarding medical coding career. Take the first step by calling 866.542.4042 (Toll Free) or click here for more information.

*Individual state requirements concerning practice as a medical coder may vary. These requirements may change at the discretion of the state. Kaplan Continuing Education (KCE) makes no representations or warranties as to whether the Medical Coding Certificate meets specific state licensure or regulatory requirements. It is the student’s sole responsibility to contact the appropriate state agency for information concerning the licensure and regulation of medical coders within that state. Although certain KCE programs are designed to prepare students to take various certification or licensing exams, KCE cannot guarantee the student will pass those exams.


†KCE's programs are designed to prepare graduates to pursue employment in their field of study, or in related fields. However, the University does not guarantee that graduates will be placed in any particular job or employed at all.


‡Lifeworks, National Institutes of Health (NIH) website, AHIMA 2006 Salary Study, http://science.education.nih.gov/LifeWorks.nsf/Alphabetical+List/Certified+Coding+Associate?OpenDocument&ShowTab=All&


§This virtual externship (completed online in the same manner as other courses) provides students with the opportunity to apply the concepts covered in the Medical Coding Certificate program. It does not require students to seek a position. As part of the externship, students will utilize coding encoder software. This kind of hands-on experience is preferred by many employers.