Medical Billing and Coding Microcredential, Part II

Microcredential
Department Chairperson: Ricky P. Thibodeau​
Brahan Hall, Room 219, (518) 629-7225

The Medical Billing and Coding microcredential presents a best practices approach to medical billing and coding in the medical office. This credential has been split into Part I and Part II. For Part II, students will take HITC 110 Medical Coding  which uses the AAPC certified professional coder (CPC) coding curriculum, which presents the necessary content to sit for the AAPC CPC certification exam. Part II also offers HITC 200 Medical Billing, Insurance and Health Record Review  which discusses the revenue cycle in the medical office, governmental and commercial third-party insurance carriers, coding compliance, different reimbursement methods as well as the skills needed to accurately fillout UB-04 and CMS-1500 claim forms. Credits earned in this program are directly applicable to the Health Information Management AAS degree program. The Medial Billing and Coding microcredential Part I and Part II can be met through either full- or part-time study and through online offerings.

Microcredential Pre-requisites: 

HITC 110 Medical Coding  pre-reqs are: BIOL 109 Biology of The Human Organism , BIOL 115 Medical Terminology  and HITC 100 Introduction to Medical Office Procedures  

HITC 200 Medical Billing, Insurance and Health Record Review  pre-reqs are: HITC 110 Medical Coding