Medical Coding Online Internship

Hours: 300 / Access Length: 12 Months / Delivery: Open, Mentor Supported

Retail Price: $925.00

Course Overview:

This online internship for Medical Coding simulates the experience of working in an actual medical center so you can fully prepare for your first coding job. In most medical coding jobs you will be required to meet a quota of work, producing a certain amount of work each hour. This internship provides both practice coding sessions & timed coding experiences, covering both inpatient and outpatient coding. You will learn the day to day application of HIPPA as well as the practical usage of the ICD-10-CM, ICD-9-CM, CPT, and HCPCS codes. After completing the internship, you can print an online portfolio showing your coding proficiency in 18 specialties that can be shown to potential employers.

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Comprehend the core elements of medical terminology
• Identify steps to follow HIPAA regulations
• Identify steps to code diagnoses using the ICD-10-CM and ICD-9-CM systems
• Identify steps to code diagnoses using the CPT system
• Identify steps to code diagnoses using the HCPCS system

Prerequisites: 1) Medical Coding Training, 2) Medical Terminology, 3) Current copies of the ICD-9-CM &/or ICD-10-CM, and 4) Current copy of the CPT book

Course Outline:

Module 1: Evaluation and Management

Module 2: Anesthesia

Module 3: Cardiology

Module 4: Integumentary

Module 5: Emergency Medicine

Module 6: Medicine

Module 7: Gastroenterology

Module 8: Pulmonary

Module 9: Neurology and Ophthalmology

Module 10: OB/GYN

Module 11: Orthopedics

Module 12: Otorhinolaryngology

Module 13: Pathology

Module 14: Pediatrics, Neonatology, and Adolescent Medicine

Module 15: Diagnostic Radiology

Module 16: Interventional Radiology and Radiation Oncology

Module 17: Urology

Module 18: General Surgery

All necessary materials are included.

System Requirements:

Internet Connectivity Requirements:

• Cable, Fiber, DSL, or LEO Satellite (i.e. Starlink) internet with speeds of at least 10mb/sec download and 5mb/sec upload are recommended for the best experience.

NOTE: While cellular hotspots may allow access to our courses, users may experience connectivity issues by trying to access our learning management system.  This is due to the potential high download and upload latency of cellular connections.   Therefore, it is not recommended that students use a cellular hotspot as their primary way of accessing their courses.

Hardware Requirements:

• CPU: 1 GHz or higher
• RAM: 4 GB or higher
• Resolution: 1280 x 720 or higher.  1920x1080 resolution is recommended for the best experience.
• Speakers / Headphones
• Microphone for Webinar or Live Online sessions.

Operating System Requirements:

• Windows 7 or higher.
• Mac OSX 10 or higher.
• Latest Chrome OS
• Latest Linux Distributions
  

NOTE: While we understand that our courses can be viewed on Android and iPhone devices, we do not recommend the use of these devices for our courses. The size of these devices do not provide a good learning environment for students taking online or live online based courses.

Web Browser Requirements:

• Latest Google Chrome is recommended for the best experience.
• Latest Mozilla FireFox
• Latest Microsoft Edge
• Latest Apple Safari

Basic Software Requirements (These are recommendations of software to use):

• Office suite software (Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, or LibreOffice)
• PDF reader program (Adobe Reader, FoxIt)
• Courses may require other software that is described in the above course outline.