MDC 102 - Medical Coding Cpt

Credit(s): 3
Lecture/Lab Contact Hours: 3, 0

This course is intended to introduce the student to the concepts of current procedural coding. Through guided instruction and practical experience, students will learn how to apply and where to locate the guidelines for assigning correct procedural codes to physician documentation. At the end of the course, the student should be able to appropriately code procedure codes to the medical record as well as assign any modifiers using the CPT book and concepts learned.
Applicable toward graduation at Sandburg where program structure permits:
Degree or Certificate: AAS, AGS, and Certificates where applicable (1.2)

Offered: Fall
Prerequisite(s): MDT 100 or instructor approval
General Education: Not Applicable