Technical Diploma in Medical Office Specialist
Concentrations: Medical Coding or Medical Transcription
The Medical Office Specialist program prepares students to work in a variety of healthcare settings as medical coders or medical transcriptionists.
Learning Outcomes:
Recipients of the Technical Diploma in Medical Office Specialist will be able to demonstrate:
- ability to accurately communicate with members of the healthcare team using effective verbal and written communication while maintaining patient confidentiality and with regard to policies and procedures regulating documentation and reporting of medical information;
- ability to critically analyze written and verbal medical information in order to accurately assign medical codes and transcribe medical records;
- application of anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, pharmacology, and pathophysiology concept to the skills of an entry level medical coder or medical transcriptionist; and
- utilization of computer technology to translate written medical information into a numeric code using established coding rules and guidelines and/or converting verbal dictated medical information into a typed format.
Specific Requirements:
Students pursuing the Technical Diploma in Medical Office Specialist must first meet College admission requirements. Upon the successful completion (minimum of "C") of qualification courses and submission of a program application, a student may apply for the program. Program classes are selected in the fall of each year. Up to fifteen (15) students are selected for each (Medical Coding and Medical Transcription) clinical class.
Students selected for the Medical Office Specialist program must maintain a minimum grade of "C" or better in all program course work in order to remain in the program. Any student who fails to earn a "C" or higher in program course work will be terminated from the program. The student may reapply for the next program class the following year if he/she wishes to pursue the Medical Office Specialist Technical Diploma. If readmitted the student will have to repeat all program classes.
Before beginning program classes, students must test out of READ 099, into ENGL 101, and into MATH 099 as documented by ACT, placement test, or course completion.
Students must submit all required information for programs with a clinical component (described earlier). Students enrolled in concentration classes must pay a clinical fee in addition to regular tuition.
Students enrolled in the Medical Office Specialists program (coding concentration) must take ALHT 114 and MOS 110 concurrently.
Required courses for Technical Diploma in Medical Office Specialist:
| Coding and Transcription Qualification Classes | ||
|---|---|---|
| (these are the same for both the coding and transcription concentrations) | ||
| Hours | ||
| ALHT 105: | Medical Ethics and Law | 3 |
| ALHT 109: | Health Care Systems/Safety | 2 |
| ALHT 115: | Pharmacology | 3 |
| BLGY 110: | Medical Terminology | 3 |
| BLGY 120/120L: | Anatomy and Physiology/Lab | 4 |
| BADM 112: | Business English | 3 |
| or ENGL 101 | Composition and Rhetoric I | |
| CIS 105: | Intro to Computer Concepts | 3 |
| CIS 115: | Software Applications | 3 |
| MOS 206: | Medical Office Procedures | 3 |
| ALHT 206: | Pathophysiology | 3 |
| ALHT 207: | Advanced Medical Language | 3 |
| Total qualification hours: | 33 | |
| Coding Program Only Classes | ||
| Hours | ||
| ALTH 114: | Basic Medical Coding | 3 |
| MOS 110/110L: | Medical Coding I/Lab | 4 |
| MOS 111/111L: | Medical Coding II/Lab | 4 |
| MOS 113: | Reimbursement Methodology | 3 |
| MOS 116: | Medical Office Specialist Practicum | 2 |
| Total coding program hours: | 16 | |
| Transcription Program Only Classes | ||
| Hours | ||
| MOS 106: | Medical Transcription | 3 |
| CIS 205: | Advanced MS Word | 3 |
| MOS 216/216L: | Advanced Medical Transcription/Lab | 4 |
| MOS 114: | Medical Transcription Practicum | 2 |
| Total transcription only hours: | 12 | |
| Total credit hours for Technical Diploma in Medical Office Specialist | 45-49 | |
Medical Coding: 33 hours qualification classes + 16 hours coding classes = 49 total hours
Medical Transcription: 33 hours qualification classes + 12 hours transcription classes = 45 total hours
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