Medical Coding Assistant

The Medical Coding Assistant program prepares students for a position as a medical coder in an acute care hospital, clinic or physician’s office, long-term care facility, and other health care settings. Program Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of this program students gain competencies in the application of biomedical knowledge and legal, ethical, and medical standards, the communication and analysis of statistical data and in planning and implementation of clinical informational and data systems. Coders ensure that valid codes are applied to medical diagnoses and procedures per coding classification guidelines. They facilitate reimbursement, analyze patient outcomes, and medical research. Due to the breadth of this multi-discipline program, required by the industry, and AHIMA accreditation, a higher number of units is required for this program.

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The Medical Coding Assistant program prepares students for a position as a medical coder in an acute care hospital, clinic or physician’s office, long-term care facility, and other health care settings. Program Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of this program students gain competencies in the application of biomedical knowledge and legal, ethical, and medical standards, the communication and analysis of statistical data and in planning and implementation of clinical informational and data systems. Coders ensure that valid codes are applied to medical diagnoses and procedures per coding classification guidelines. They facilitate reimbursement, analyze patient outcomes, and medical research. Due to the breadth of this multi-discipline program, required by the industry, and AHIMA accreditation, a higher number of units is required for this program.

We are revising 5 course titles that are  within the Medical Coding Assistant Program :

MOA 182 - Healthcare Law and Ethics provides the student with an introduction to legal issues pertaining to healthcare, health information, and the patient’s health record as a legal document. The course includes instruction on patient privacy and confidentiality, patient rights, release of information, informed consents, advance directives, compliance, criminal activities including fraud and abuse, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and Electronic -Health.

MOA  184 - Healthcare Delivery Systems replaced by provides students with an introduction to health care delivery systems, including ambulatory, long-term and managed care, mental health, rehabilitation medicine,hospice and home health. This course also focuses on regulatory and accreditation requirements, funding and reimbursement, licensing and government regulations within the health care delivery system.

MOA  193 - Current Procedural Terminology replaced by provides the student with an introduction to Healthcare Common Procedure Coding Systems (HCPCS) and Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding for ambulatory services related to facility and professional services, with an overview of coding conventions, principles, regulatory guidance, and coding software.

MOA 194  International Classification of Diseases: classification System provides the student with an overview of nomenclature and classification systems, with a focus on coding inpatient clinical information from medical records.Instruction includes coding diagnoses, utilizing the International Classification of Diseases (ICD),clinical Modifications (CM) Version 10 sequencing, and coding conventions.

MOA 195 - International Classification of Procedure Classification System provides the student with an introduction to the overview, structure,and organization of the International Classification of Diseases, Procedure Classification System (ICD10-PCS). Instruction in coding procedures adheres to national coding guidelines, uses information from cases and health records, and applies coding software (Encoder).

MOA 197 is an introduction to the disease process in the human body and drugs used in their treatment. The course emphasizes the basic physiological concepts of common diseases: the etiology signs and symptoms and methods of diagnosis along with prognosis medical treatment and therapeutic procedures.

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
MOA 180	Health Information Management & HIPAA	3	S1
MOA 182	Medical Terminology	3	S1
MOA 183	Introduction to Medical Billing and Coding	4	S1
MOA  193	Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Coding	3	S2
MOA 194	International Classification of Diseases (ICD) Clinical Modifications (CM) Version 10	3	S2
MOA 195	International Classification of Diseases: Procedure Classification System	3	S2
MOA 188	Legal Aspects of Healthcare and Ethics	3	S3
MOA 184	Healthcare Delivery Systems	2	S3
MOA 197	Disease Process	3	S3
BUSAD	050	3	S4

Administrative Medical Assistant

ELAC & Saddleback College

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