Inpatient Medical Coding Certificate (AMCO)

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Inpatient Medical Coding is a completely ONLINE certificate program.

The Inpatient Medical Coding Certificate program is designed to prepare Health Information Professionals by focusing on procedural and diagnostic coding for reimbursement of professional services performed in inpatient facility settings. The program includes medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, inpatient procedural coding (ICD-10-PCS) and diagnostic coding (ICD-10-CM) as well as medical regulations. Upon successful completion of the Inpatient Medical Coding Certificate program, the student is eligible to take the certification examinations administered by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) or the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC). In order to complete the AMCO program students who have successfully completed the MRCO program need only take HIM 225 and HIM 250 . The AMCO program is presented 100% online and is supported with a wide variety of methods and opportunities for direct contact with the program manager and instructors.

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Following is a list of courses required to complete this program. Courses should be taken in the following sequence in order to complete the program in a timely manner:

First Year

Fall Semester

AHS 102 - Medical Terminology 3 Credit Hours
HIM 104 - Anatomy and Physiology for Medical Record Coding 3 Credit Hours *
HIM 216 - Coding and Classification I 3 Credit Hours
HIM 225 - Coding and Classification II 3 Credit Hours

Total Credit Hours: 12

Spring Semester

HIM 115 - Medical Records and the Law 2 Credit Hours
HIM 130 - Billing and Reimbursement 3 Credit Hours
HIM 250 - Coding and Classification III 3 Credit Hours

Total Credit Hours: 8

20 Semester Hours

*BIO 112 or BIO 210 & BIO 211 will satisfy the requirement of HIM 104 .

This program is aligned with the following Career Cluster: Health Science.