Medical Coding, AAS (Pierre Location)

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South Dakota Allied Health Training Consortium – Innovate. Educate. Enhance.

Over the next three years, the South Dakota Allied Health Training Consortium will work together with rural health care facilities and high schools to develop and expand innovative training programs to increase the number of adults earning certificates, degrees, and diplomas.

Beginning in the fall of 2015, Southeast Technical Institute will offer classes in Medical Coding for the Pierre area. By attending Saturday sessions, every other week, this program can be completed in one year (including summers). This program will prepare professionals in classifying and indexing diagnoses and procedures for the purpose of reimbursement, standardization, retrieval, and statistical analysis using nationally recognized coding systems. Upon completion of this program, students in the Pierre area cohort may apply to sit for the Certified Professional Coder examinations sponsored through AAPC.

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Medical Coding, AAS

Medical Coding, AAS: Total Program Fees (estimate)

Program Curriculum - Total Credits: 71

Fall Semester

SSS 100 - Student Success Seminar 2 Credit Hours
CIS 101 - Computer Essentials 2 Credit Hours
ENGL 101T - Composition 3 Credit Hours
HC 110 - Basic Anatomy 3 Credit Hours
HC 113 - Medical Terminology 2 Credit Hours
HC 114 - Health Care/Human Relations 3 Credit Hours
HIS 101 - Introduction to Health Information Services 3 Credit Hours

Satisfactory completion of the above classes are required to take the following:

Spring Semester

HIS 119 - Computerized Health Systems 3 Credit Hours
HIS 121 - Insurance/Billing/Coding 3 Credit Hours
HIS 122 - Techniques and Transcription 3 Credit Hours
HIS 124 - Patient Flow and Patient Services 2 Credit Hours
HIS 130 - Clinical Preceptorship 6 Credit Hours
or
TECH ELEC - Technical Elective 3 Credit Hours
TECH ELEC - Technical Elective 3 Credit Hours

Fall Semester

Spring Semester

All Semester

CODE 228 - Coding II 3 Credit Hours
CODE 228L - Coding Lab 2 Credit Hours

First 1/2 of the semester

CODE 260 - Compliance/Regulations 2 Credit Hours

Second 1/2 of the semester

CODE 124 - Disease Processes 3 Credit Hours

Summer Semester (12 weeks)

CODE 250 - Coding/Reimbursement Revenue Cycle 4 Credit Hours
MATH 115 - College Math 3 Credit Hours
PSYC 101T - General Psychology 3 Credit Hours

Additional Information

Students entering a program in any semester other than outlined may not graduate in the expected amount of time.

You can choose any courses from the suggested Tech Electives below. Please see your Program Advisor for other Technical Elective options.

BUS 210 - Supervisory Management 3 Credit Hours
BUS 212 - Human Resource Management 3 Credit Hours
BUS 217 - Customer Service 3 Credit Hours
BUS 218 - Project Management 3 Credit Hours
BUS 256 - Ethical Decision Making 3 Credit Hours