Medical Coding & Administrative Medical Assistant Combination Program
As this is one of our combination programs, you will find that there are two different course descriptions; one for each portion of the program:
Medical Coding:
Lakewood University’s Medical Coding program provides a comprehensive understanding of medical coding and its components. This program covers many topics including navigating the International Classification of Disease, ICD-10-CM, Current Procedural Terminology (CPT), and Healthcare Common Procedure Coding Systems (HCPCS). This program will also take students through a series of individual coding cases that will require them to use all three coding books for individual body systems.
Administrative Medical Assistant:
Medical professionals are one of the most in-demand and valuable members of society. This course introduces you to the subject of Administrative Medical Assisting. For those interested in working with doctors and nurses in either a hospital or private practice, this course provides a detailed overview of basic principles needed to qualify for entry-level positions as an administrative medical assistant.
Program Outcomes
- Describe the daily activities of an Administrative Medical Assistant.
- Demonstrate professionalism in the medical assisting setting.
- Identify ethical issues related to medical assisting including HIPAA and other patient privacy regulations.
- Explain how to navigate medical records.
- Discuss the importance of accurate CPT coding and filing of insurance claims.
- Explain the importance of accurate health record keeping practices in a medical office setting.
- Locate and translate regulatory rules and regulations as they apply to medical billing and coding, including Medicare Parts A,B,C, and D.
- Demonstrate the ability to utilize the ICD-10-CM, CPT, and HCPCS manuals.
- Choose diagnoses and procedures using the ICD-10, CPT, & HCPCS manuals, following chapter-specific guidelines.
- Demonstrate the ability to abstract diagnostic statements from the medical record and differentiate between main and modifying terms and subterms in the coding manuals