Medical Insurance Billing and Coding - Online Diploma

The healthcare and health insurance industries generate an enormous number of medical and patient records. In a medical billing and coding career, you are responsible for classifying individual diagnoses and medical procedures for billing and reimbursement purposes with ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS, and PCS codes. You’ll typically work in an office environment at a computer workstation reviewing electronic healthcare records (or EHR).

You’ll learn about medical terminology and the reference codes used for reimbursement between the doctor’s office or hospital and the insurance companies. You’ll also study office management, computer basics, and anatomy and physiology. Students in the medical insurance billing and coding program will receive hands-on training in medical billing software and in completion, submission, and claims resolution techniques for CMS-1500 and UB04 forms.

Finally, upon the successful completion of your program, you will be prepared to seek a certification to demonstrate your mastery of the course material. The National Association for Health Professionals (NAHP) offers a Nationally Registered Certified Coding Specialist (NRCCS) exam and certification. The cost of the certification exams is paid for by IMBC when the student qualifies and meets the IMBC guidelines.

Certification exams are not required for employment; however, students who pass voluntary third-party certification exams validate their competencies, skills, and abilities in the specialized field of study. IMBC believes students passing certification exams have a more competitive employment advantage for being hired over students with no certification.