Medical Office Support Certificate (MOS)
2017-2018
Type: Career, Certificate (C1)
Open Admissions
Division: Career & Tech Education & Bus
Medical Coding Certificate is a one-year comprehensive training program that will prepare students for entry-level coding positions in physician's office, hospitals, nursing homes, or other health agencies. The program emphasizes a science background as well as a working knowledge of ICD-9 and CPT-4 basic coding principles so that students may assign diagnostic and procedural codes to specific diagnoses, diseases, and procedures. Students will recognize the importance of a coder's position to ensure a successful medical practice. The capstone to this program is a Medical Coding Practicum where students will acquire actual hands-on work experience.
Students interested in participating in an academic program that involves working with children, the disabled, or the elderly, or which includes a clinical affiliation, internship, or field placement with a private or public healthcare provider, may be required to undergo criminal background checks, including a national as well as local check (i.e. Massachusetts Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) and Sex Offender Record Information (SORI)). Depending on the contents of these criminal background check(s), a student's participation in an academic program that involves working with children, the disabled, or the elderly or which includes a clinical affiliation, internship or field placement with a private or public healthcare provider may not be allowed, and therefore may impact a student's ability to complete program requirements. Furthermore, please note that eligibility to participate in the program and/or clinical affiliation, internship or field placement as a result of screening requirements, such as criminal background checks, is not a guarantee of eligibility to sit for professional credentialing examination(s) or employment upon graduation.
First Year
Fall
| OFT101 | Keyboarding and Word Processing | 3 |
| OFT114 | Business Communications | 3 |
| OFT116 | Medical Terminology | 3 |
| OFT219 | Medical Adminstrative Procedures | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
Spring
| ALH118 | Third Party Reimbursement | 3 |
| BIO108 | The Body in Health and Disease | 3 |
| BUS132 | Business Workplace Seminar | 1 |
| OFT102 | Advanced Keyboarding and Word Processing | 3 |
| OFT140 | Medical Records Transcription | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 13 |
Requirement Notes
OFT101: Students who touch type 35 wpm or more and have knowledge of Microsoft Word 2010 may waive OFT101 and register for OFT102. The credits for OFT101 may be fulfilled with a 3-credit OPEN Elective.
OFT114: A minimum grade of C- is required to graduate from this program and to meet OFT prerequisites.
OFT116: Students must attain a final grade of C- to meet graduation requirement.
BIO108: This requirement may be fulfilled by substituting BIO211 and BIO212 - Anatomy & Physiology 1 & 2 with grades of C (73%) or better.
Program Note
Communications and Mathematics proficiencies required to graduate.
See guided pathway sheets for advising information specific to your area of focus.
Total Credit Hours: 25