Medical Billing Clerk One-Year Certificate

Medical Billing Clerk One-Year Certificate
PROFESSIONAL TECHNICAL
To be eligible for ENG 101 or ENG 103 and the required Math, the student may
need to complete ENG 098/ENG 099 and MTH 084. Certificate entry keyboarding of
25 net wpm in 3' timing required. To achieve this, the student may need to
complete AOT 101/AOT 102. To achieve Internet proficiency, the student may
need to enroll in CS 113. Prior to Supervised Employment or employment in a
hospital setting, student must have on file: Required immunization records and
satisfactory Washington State Patrol criminal history background check.
Software Assessment Training.

Major Courses

Course	No.	Course Title	Credits
CA	100	Introduction to Microcomputers	4
AOT	102	Keyboarding II	2
AOT	117	Office Orientation	3
HIT	118	Legal Aspects of the Medical Office III	3
AOT	129	Accounting Software	3
AOT	130	Practical Accounting	5
AOT	1952*	Supervised Employment	3
HIT	147	Medical Terminology	5
HIT	153	Medical Reimbursement	4
HIT	155	Introduction to Medical Coding	4
HIT	156	Intermediate Medical Coding	4
		Subtotal	40

Major Support

Course	No.	Course Title	Credits
*Students must choose at least 4 credits from the following:*
AOT	114	Editing	5
AOT	124	Intermediate Spreadsheet Applications	5
AOT	128	Web Page Maintenance	5
AOT	132	Payroll for the Office Professional	3
AOT	172	Word Processing I or	5
AOT	173	Word Processing	5
AOT	290	Professional Development	3
BIO	110	Human Biology	4
BIO	1101	Human Biology Lab	1
*Foreign Language*			5
Additional department-approved electives (from selected disciplines)
accepted. Supervised Employment site must meet Medical Billing Clerk*
position requirement.
		Subtotal	4

General Education

Course	No.	Course Title	Credits
*English (select 5 credits)*
ENG	101	English Composition or	5
ENG	103	Writing in the Workplace	5
MTH	106+	MTH 106 or above	5
PSY	100+	PSY 100 or above	3-5
*Speech (select 3-5 credits)*
SPE	101	Speech Essentials or	3
SPE	102	Speech Essentials or	5
SPE	103	Workplace Communication or	3
SPE	110	Communication Behavior or	3
SPE	111	Communication Behavior or	5
SPE	260	Multicultural Communications	5
		Subtotal	16-20
		Total Credits Required	60-64
AOT 109 is a prescribed course to facilitate keyboarding and 10-key speeds.
Certificate completion requires keyboarding speed of 30 wpm and 10-key
speed of 100 cpm. To achieve these speeds, consider taking AOT 1091.