Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder

Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder is a certificate program (one to two years) at Skagit Valley College, a public college in Mount Vernon, WA. This program is part of the health information and medical records field (CIP 51.0713) and prepares students to assign standardized codes to diagnoses and procedures for billing, reimbursement, and health records management.

Skagit Valley College also offers programs in Baking and Pastry Arts, Culinary Arts, Manufacturing Engineering Technology, and Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology. Students in the medical insurance coding program can expect training in ICD and CPT coding systems, medical terminology, anatomy and physiology fundamentals, health insurance regulations, and electronic health records, developing skills for employment in physician offices, hospitals, and billing companies.