At A Glance
Certificate program that teaches students medical terminology, billing and coding.
Students complete 525 hours of coursework.
Opportunities will continue to be available as the industry is expected to grow 9% from 2020 to 2030.
Graduates can earn between $28,800 and $73,370, depending on experience.
Available in Scranton, Towanda and online.
Welcome to Medical Billing & Coding Certificate-Certificate Program
If being detailed oriented is something you value, enrolling in Lackawanna College’s Medical Billing & Coding certificate program may help you get into the right career. The certificate teaches students medical terminology, billing and coding so they can be a vital member of the medical support team.
Your Career Starts Here
The medical billing and coding field is expected to grow by 9% over the next 10 years, which means skilled professionals are needed. With certificate, graduates can work for a variety of businesses such as:
- Hospitals
- Physician Offices
- Nursing-care Facilities
- Home Health Care
More About the Program
Lackawanna’s Medical Billing and Coding Certificate program teaches students the necessary tools to play a vital role in connecting healthcare providers, patients and insurance companies.
The certificate is a 525-hour professional program that focuses on skills and coding competencies used in settings such as hospitals and physician practices. This program offers courses with an updated curriculum covering the latest coding standards. Those standards will change in the United States from the International Classification of Diseases version 10 (ICD-10) to ICD-11 standards on January 1, 2022.
The benefit of completing Lackawanna’s program is that your skills are transferable to all kinds of offices in just about any medical specialty.
The Course Work
We teach our medical billing and coding classes from the practitioner’s perspective. The curriculum covers the latest coding standards and prepares students to take the Certified Coding Associate (CCA) exam.
Lackawanna also added a Spanish for the Medical Front Office component that will teach medical front-office professionals crucial phrases that can help with Spanish-speaking individuals.
Additional Information
Lackawanna College’s Medical Billing and Coding Certificate program is affordable and trains or re-trains students to enter the workforce prepared for a medical office setting.