About the Certificate of Technical Studies in Medical Coding and Billing
What You'll Learn Through The Program
- Medical terminology
- The structure and organization of healthcare delivery
- Health information management
- Healthcare law and ethics
Examples of Career Opportunities
Graduates can work in a variety of healthcare settings including:
- Physician's offices
- Hospitals
- Insurance companies
Degree Requirements - 35 Total Required Credits
For additional detailed information on coursework, please visit the Academic Catalog Curriculum.
- ALLH 1013 - Medical Terminology
- ALLH 1023 - Pharmacology for Non-Nursing Majors
- ALLH 1025 - Pathophysiology for Allied Health Professional
- ALLH 1605 - CPT Medical Coding
- ALLH 1615 - Diagnostic Coding
- HCM 2601 - Fundamentals of Healthcare Management
- ALLH 1200 - Health Data
- ALLH 1620 - Health Insurance and Medical Billing
- ALLH 2625 - Advanced Medical Coding
- BIOL 1160 - Human Anatomy or ALLH 1800 - Anatomy and Physiology Survey
- ALLH 2646 - Medical Billing and Coding Practicum
Job Market Outlook
Use this employment data from across the country to help inform your decision making.
The default location is Louisiana, but adjust the location as you like.
Lec. 3; Cr. 3
Fundamental concepts in problem solving on the computer. Flow charting, algorithm
and program design, and I/O concepts. Problems in business, social science, education,
and physical sciences will be considered. A grade of “C” or better must be earned
in this course to receive a degree or a certificate within the Division of Health
Sciences and Business Technology.
Lec. 3; Cr. 3
This is an entry level program course designed to teach students the basics of program
design, coding and testing. The purpose of the course is to create hierarchy charts,
flow charts, pseudocode and create test tables in the whole process of program design.
A high level programming language is used to reinforce the concepts learned during
design. Topics include techniques of structured and object oriented programming; control
structures, objects, classes, inheritance, simple data structures and basic concepts
of software development. A grade of “C” or better must be earned in this course to
receive a degree or a certificate within the Division of Health Sciences and Business
Technology.
Lec. 3; Cr. 3
Hardware components and configuration of personal computers; storage media; batch
files; computer diagnostics and repair. An introduction to local area networks will
also be included. A grade of “C” or better must be earned in this course to receive
a degree or a certificate within the Division of Health Sciences and Business Technology.
Lec. 3; Cr. 3
Introduction to programming in Visual Basic to design windows applications. Introduction
to the basic principles of the Visual Basic programming language. Emphasis on structured
and object oriented programming techniques, writing readable code and developing user-friendly
programs. A grade of “C” or better must be earned in this course to receive a degree
or a certificate within the Division of Health Sciences and Business Technology.
Lec. 3; Cr. 3
Demonstration of interactive management information systems design and systems development
life cycle. A grade of “C” or better must be earned in this course to receive a degree
or a certificate within the Division of Health Science and Business Technology.
Lec. 3; Cr. 3
Building on the foundation established in CSC 2253, students explore techniques, tools
and methods used in the object-oriented systems analysis and design in a highly practical
and accessible way to developing applications. Students learn how to model and design
system requirements using tools such as Unified Modeling Language (UML), use cases
and scenarios, class diagrams and sequence diagrams. A grade of “C” or better must
be earned in this course to receive a degree or a certificate within the Division
of Health Science and Business Technology.
Lec. 3; Cr. 3
This course emphasizes the efficient methods for planning and controlling projects.
Students master skills in project integration, scope, time, cost quality, human resources,
communications, risk, procurement, and stakeholder management as well as all five
process groups – initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and
closing. The application of all ten project management knowledge areas to IT projects
are emphasized throughout the course. A grade of “C” or better must be earned in this
course to receive a degree or a certificate within the Division of Health Science
and Business Technology.
Lec. 3; Cr. 3
How to provide software security in a multi-user business or institutional setting.
Topics include software testing, data integrity, virus prevention, configuration management
and encryption. A grade of “C” or better must be earned in this course to receive
a degree or a certificate within the Division of Health Science and Business Technology.
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