Health Care Coding Certificate

Ready, set, code!

When you visit a health care provider, there's more to it than just a check-up. Behind the scenes, coders are working hard to ensure documentations reflect the care you received. After reading and interpreting documentation by clinicians and physicians, health coders assign diagnosis and procedure codes to patient records and payer claims.

With our online or hybrid Health Care Coding Certificate, your curriculum will focus on industry standards for coding and billing, using International Classifications of Diseases (ICD) and Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code sets.

Code symptoms, diseases, operations, procedures, and therapies to a recognized classifications system. Perform an analysis of health records and evaluate compliance with regulations and standards.

South Dakota’s Workforce and Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA)

NEW This program is an eligible provider for South Dakota’s Workforce and Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) program. WIOA is designed to help job seekers access employment, education, training, and support services to succeed in the labor market and to match employers with the skilled workers they need to compete in the global economy.

• Employment and training services for adults, dislocated workers, and youth and Wagner-Peyser employment services administered by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) through formula grants to states; and

• Adult education and literacy programs and Vocational Rehabilitation state grant programs that assist individuals with disabilities in obtaining employment administered by the U.S. Department of Education (DoED).

Become a recognized professional

Upon graduation, you’ll be prepared to take the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Certified Coding Associate (CCA) exam. You can also complete additional exams to become a Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) or Certified Coding Specialist-Physician (CCS-P).

You will also be prepared to sit for the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) the Certified Inpatient Coder (CIC), Certified Professional Coder (CPC), and Certified Outpatient Coder (COC) credentialing exams.