Admission to the Health Care Billing Specialist certificate program requires candidates to be a high school graduate or have a General Education Development (GED) certificate. Entering students are also required to interview with an admissions representative and complete the NC placement test as part of the admissions process.
Certificate programs do not require students to complete general education coursework and are most appropriate for individuals who wish to gain career skills in as short a time as possible without a degree. In order to obtain a Health Care Billing Specialist certificate, students must complete the courses below for a total of 25 credit hours.
HITC.120 Ambulatory Coding Systems 3 credit hours
HITC.121 Ambulatory Coding Lab 1 credit hour
HITC.130 Ambulatory Reimbursement I 3 credit hours
HITC.230 Ambulatory Reimbursement II 3 credit hours
HITC.231 Ambulatory Reimbursement II Lab 1 credit hour
HLTH.140 Medical Terminology 3 credit hours
COLL.290 Professional Development 1 credit hour
ACCT.100 Essentials of Accounting 4 credit hours
CPTR.100 Introduction to CIS 4 credit hours
CPTR.130 Intermediate Spreadsheet 2 credit hours
CPTR.140 Intermediate Database 2 credit hours
CPTR.230 Advanced Spreadsheet 4 credit hours
CPTR.240 Advanced Database 4 credit hours
