Medical Office Administration – Medical Coding

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Program Description

This curriculum prepares individuals for employment in medical and other health-care related offices.

Course work will include medical terminology; information systems; office management; medical coding, billing and insurance; legal and ethical issues; and formatting and word processing. Students will learn administrative and support functions and develop skills applicable in medical environments.

Employment opportunities are available in medical and dental offices, hospitals, insurance companies, laboratories, medical supply companies, and other health-care related organizations.

The Medical Office Administration, Coding Specialist program and classes were excellent!

The administrators, instructors, and advisors for this program were extremely professional, experienced, caring, compassionate and well-versed in the field. I feel like they played a very intricate and important part in equipping for the career that I've selected.
Shalinda White - Medical Office Administration - Coding Specialist

Students will demonstrate the ability to use a variety of office technology.
Students will demonstrate the ability to identify and utilize the required skills and technical information necessary in assisting office administrators.
Students will demonstrate the ability to produce a variety of business documents using correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling in an acceptable business format.
Students will demonstrate the ability to utilize various records management methods in storing and retrieving information.
Students will demonstrate knowledge of accepted ethical behavior and interpersonal skills that reflect an understanding of diversity and the need for teamwork.
Students will demonstrate communication skills that include the ability to read, comprehend and analyze information; and to express ideas effectively through written and oral communications.
Students will utilize critical thinking skills to solve problems and facilitate task and project completion.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of basic bookkeeping principles and computation skills for analyzing, recording and reporting financial data.
Students will demonstrate a working knowledge of medical terminology for practical application in an administrative capacity in a medical setting.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of medical front office concepts and procedures.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of current medical legal and ethical issues.

Course	Class	Lab	Work/Clinic	Credits
FALL SEMESTER (First Year)
ACA 115 Success & Study Skills OR ACA 122 College Transfer Success	0	2	0	1
ENG 110 Freshman Composition OR ENG 111 * Writing and Inquiry	3	0	0	3
OST 131 Keyboarding	1	2	0	2
MED 121 Medical Terminology I OR OST 141 Med Office Terms I	3	0	0	3
MED 122 Medical Terminology II OR OST 142 Med Office Terms II	3	0	0	3
OST 161 Medical Office Procedures	2	2	0	3
Total Hours for Semester	12	6	0	15
SPRING SEMESTER (First Year)
Course	Class	Lab	Work/Clinic	Credits
CIS 110 **Introduction to Computers	2	2	0	3
ENG 112 * Writing/Research in the Disc OR ENG 116 Technical Report Writing	3	0	0	3
OST 122 Office Computations	2	2	0	3
OST 148 Medical Ins & Billing	3	0	0	3
OST 248 Diagnostic Coding	2	2	0	3
Total Hours for Semester	12	6	0	15
SUMMER SEMESTER (First Year)
Course	Class	Lab	Work/Clinic	Credits
Humanities/Fine Arts Elective ( ART 111 , ART 114 , ART 115 , ENG 231 , ENG 232 , HUM 115 , HUM 122 , MUS 110 , MUS 112 , PHI 215 , PHI 240 *)	3	0	0	3
Mathematics Elective ( MAT 110 , MAT 143 , MAT 152 )				3-4
Total Hours for Semester	3	0	0	6-7
FALL SEMESTER (Second Year)
Course	Class	Lab	Work/Clinic	Credits
OST 138 Office Applications II	3	0	0	3
OST 136 Word Processing	2	2	0	3
OST 149 Medical Legal Issues	3	0	0	3
OST 164 Office Editing	3	0	0	3
OST 247 Procedure Coding	2	2	0	3
Total Hours for Semester	15	6	0	15
SPRING SEMESTER (Second Year)
Course	Class	Lab	Work/Clinic	Credits
OST 249 Med Coding Certification Prep	2	3	0	3
OST 263 Healthcare Customer Relations	3	0	0	3
OST 280 Electronic Health Records	2	2	0	3
Social/Behavioral Science Elective ( ECO 151 *, ECO 251 , ECO 252 , HIS 111 , HIS 112 , HIS 131 , HIS 132 , POL 120 , PSY 118 , PSY 150 , SOC 210 , SOC 213 , SOC 220 )	3	0	0	3
Major Elective				1-3
Total Hours for Semester	10	5	0	13 - 15
Major Electives: (Select a minimum of 2 credits)
Course	Class	Lab	Work/Clinic	Credits
OST 260 Adv Coding Methodologies	2	2	0	3
WBL 111 Work-Based Learning I	0	0	10	1
TOTAL SEMESTER HOURS REQUIRED FOR DEGREE: 64 - 67
Curriculum Program of Study Course Sequence Key
* Universal General Education Transfer Component (UGETC) Courses
** General Education Courses
*** Premajor/Elective Courses

Apr 5, 2024

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Medical Office Administration – Medical Coding

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The Medical Office Administration, Coding Specialist program and classes were excellent!

Tickets for VGCC Drama's 'Proof' on sale April 8

Empower VGCC Students as a Golf Tournament Sponsor

Be the Light in a Student’s Life: A Wine & Beer Tasting Gala Benefiting the VGCC Foundation

VGCC’s Second Annual Black Business & Non-Profit Organization Awards Luncheon Spotlights Granville Contributions