Certified Professional Medical Coder

Language: English

Short Description: Medical coding is essential to modern healthcare, transforming patient care into standardized codes that support medical records, insurance claims, and healthcare operations. This career?focused Medical Coding Program equips learners with the clinical understanding and coding expertise needed to enter or advance in this growing field. Fully online and designed for both beginners and experienced healthcare professionals, the program delivers practical, hands?on instruction in a flexible, accessible format.

Instructor Description: Though this course is self-paced, it is supported by a client adviser. Client advisers are available to answer student questions and monitor student progress to ensure completion of the course. Motivating and encouraging students, the client adviser gives students inspiration to succeed.

Certification: Upon completion of this program, learners are prepared to sit for the AAPC Certified Professional Coder (CPC®) exam. Program tuition includes an exam voucher, one?year AAPC membership, and the recommended CPT®, ICD?10?CM, and HCPCS code manuals, all approved for use during the certification exam.

Requirements
All required reference materials are provided with this program. (Textbooks are shipped out after enrollment.) Technical requirements:

Internet Connection
• Broadband or High-Speed (DSL, Cable, Wireless)
Hardware Requirements
• Processor - 2GHz Processor or Higher
• Memory - 1 GB RAM Minimum Recommended

Software Requirements
• Operating Systems - Windows 7, 8 or 10; Mac OS x 10 or higher
• Microsoft Office 2007, 2010 or 2013 or a Word Processing application to save and open Microsoft Office formats (.doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx)
• Internet Browsers - Google Chrome is highly recommended
• Cookies MUST be enabled
• Pop-ups MUST be allowed (Pop-up Blocker disabled)
• Adobe PDF Reader