CRS 180A Medical Office Management for Coders
Prepares students to function as coders in a healthcare office environment. Requires participation in both group and individual projects and competency assessments in order to demonstrate basic medical office administrative management tasks. Emphasizes computation skills necessary for managing basic financial tasks and patient account information. Includes training, demonstration, and assessment in back-end coding responsibilities to prove competency.
Prerequisite
CRS 102 Coding II with a grade of C or better
Corequisite
CRS 180B Medical Office Management for Coders Lab
Offered
Offered Spring only
Notes
Career Technical (CTE) Course
General Education Requirements
AAS Math/Computation
Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Demonstrate competency in claim and coding audits. Demonstrate competency in patient electronic medical record management. Demonstrate competency in preparing day sheets, accounts receivable ledgers, individual patient ledgers, practice income statement and practice balance sheet. Demonstrate competency in subjective, objective, assessment, and plan (SOAP), evaluation and management (E & M) visit, surgical procedure, and patient communication documentation. Demonstrate competency in patient scheduling management. Develop and demonstrate medical office management policies and procedures for small clinic management.