Medical Office Administration – Medical Coding and Billing Associate Degree Course Requirements, 2022
Course Requirements
| Course Hours Per Week |
Semester
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| A25310M |
Class
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Lab
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Credit
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| FIRST SEMESTER (Fall) | ||||
| ACA-115 | Success & Study Skills | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| ACC-115 | College Accounting or |
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| ACC-120 | Prin of Financial Accounting | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| ENG-111 | Writing and Inquiry | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| OST-131 | Keyboarding | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| MED-121 | Medical Terminology I | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| *** | Natural Science Elective or | |||
| MAT-143 | Quantitative Literacy (or higher) | *** | *** | 3-5 |
| *** | *** | 16-18 | ||
| SECOND SEMESTER (Spring) | ||||
| ENG-112 | Writing/Research in the Disc or |
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| ENG-114 | Prof Research & Reporting | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| OST-134 | Text Entry & Formatting | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| MED-122 | Medical Terminology II | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| OST-148 | Med Ins & Billing | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| OST-164 | Office Editing | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | 2 | 15 | ||
| THIRD SEMESTER (Summer) | ||||
| OST-136 | Word Processing | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| OST-137 | Office Applications I or | |||
| CIS-110 | Introduction to Computers | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | 6 | ||
| FOURTH SEMESTER (Fall) | ||||
| OST-149 | Medical Legal Issues | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| OST-236 | Adv Word Processing | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| OST-243 | Med Office Simulation | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| OST-247 | Procedure Coding | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| OST-248 | Diagnostic Coding | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| OST-284 | Emerging Technologies | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | 10 | 17 | ||
| FIFTH SEMESTER (Spring) | ||||
| OST-249 | Med Coding Certification Prep | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| OST-250 | Long-Term Care Coding | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| OST-286 | Professional Development or | |||
| BUS-151 | People Skills | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| OST-289 | Office Admin Capstone | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| *** | Humanities/Fine Arts Elective | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| *** | Social/Behavioral Sciences Elective | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | 7 | 18 | ||
| Total Required Minimum Semester Hours Credit |
72
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