Certificate
Certificate
Medical Billing [C123]
This certificate program provides a basic understanding of software, medical terminology, coding, and procedures used in medical settings such as hospitals, clinics, doctors' offices, and outsourcing facilities involved with providing billing operations.
Course requirements for medical billing certificate (16-21 credits):
| ITAP | 16620 | Word Processing I |
3 |
| 26650 | Medical Billing Procedures |
3 |
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| 26655 | ICD Coding |
3 |
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| Choose one from the following: |
1-3 |
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| ITAP | 16639 | Database Applications (3) | |
| 16649 | Database Applications for Medical Billing (1) | ||
| Choose one from the following: |
1-3 |
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| ITAP | 16650 | System Studies for Medical Billing (1) | |
| BSCI | 10001 | Human Biology (3) | |
| Choose one from the following: |
3 |
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| ITAP | 26637 | Specialized Machine Transcription (3) | |
| 26656 | CPT Coding (3) | ||
| Choose one from the following: |
2-3 |
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| ITAP | 26651 | Medical Billing Terminology (2) | |
| HED | 14020 | Medical Terminology (3) | |
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Total |
16-21 | ||
Students must satisfy the prerequisite, if any, of all courses in the program by either (a) completing the prerequisite courses, or (b) by demonstrating to an information technology for administrative professionals faculty member that they have otherwise met the prerequisites. Students must complete a minimum of 15 hours of the certificate curriculum at Kent State University. Transfer credits may be used as long as letter grade appear on original transcript.