New certificate programs include medical coding and billing, health-information clerk, health-information coding specialist and medical transcriptionist.

Medical terminology is a prerequisite course for all of the health-career certificate programs.

In the medical coding and billing course students will use basic medical terminology to understand the medical insurance-claims process and reimbursement procedures.

They will learn to identify and use special terms, marks, abbreviations and symbols used in the ICD-9 coding system.

Focus will be placed on procedural (CPT) coding used in the physician’s office system and accurately coding a diagnosis by reading the source document. The course begins at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 22.

The health-information clerk course prepares students for technical positions in health-information management departments, physician’s offices, long-term, home health and other healthcare settings.

Students will learn to evaluate medical records according to established standards, manage the usage and release of health information, billing and more. The course begins at 6 p.m., Monday, Nov. 2.

The health-information coding specialist class teaches students to analyze patient health records to abstract information necessary to assign accurate ICD-9 and CPT codes.

They learn to identify the principal diagnosis and significant procedures to evaluate the accuracy of data submitted to fiscal agencies as well as understand reimbursement processes and compliance programs.

Course prerequisites are medical terminology and medical coding and billing; the health-information coding specialist portion of the course begins at 6 p.m., Monday, Nov. 2.

Medical transcriptionist classes provide the basic knowledge, understanding and skills required to transcribe medical dictation with accuracy, clarity and timeliness, including medical terminology, human anatomy and physiology.

Students learn word processing, dictation and transcription, correct English usage, medical document formatting and ethics in medical transcription practices.

The course begins at 6 p.m., Monday, Nov. 2.

For more information or to sign up for courses, call 302-854-6966.