Business and Office
MEDICAL BILLING & CODING TECHNOLOGY

 Mrs. Easterling, Mrs. Garrett, Mrs. Hart, Mrs. Johnson,

Advisors (Wesson Campus)

Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Savino, Mrs. Stutzman,  Advisors (Natchez Campus)



The Medical Billing and Coding Technology program includes a basic core of courses designed to prepare a student for entry-level employment in physician offices, hospitals, outpatient facilities, mental health clinics, nursing home facilities, and insurance companies.

Medical Billing and Coding is a two-year program of study which requires courses in the career-technical core, designated areas of concentration, and the academic core. The Associate of Applied Science degree is earned upon the successful completion of the Medical Billing and Coding curriculum.

          Special admission requirement:
              1.  Must have a minimum ACT score of 14.
              2.  BOT 1013 Keyboarding or equivalent is strongly
                   recommended.

Freshman Year

1st Semester Sem. Hrs. 2nd Semester Sem. Hrs.
BOT 1113 Document Formatting 3 BOT 1143 Word Processing Applications 3
BOT 1133 Microcomputer Applications 3 BOT 1433  Business Accounting or     
BOT 1313  Applied Business Math 3 ACC 1213  Principles of Accounting I 3
BOT 1413 Records Management 3 BOT 1623  Medical Office Terminology II 3
BOT 1613  Medical Office Terminology I 3 BOT 2743 Medical Office Concepts 3
BOT 1713  Mechanics of Communication    3     BOT 2813  Business Communications 3
ENG 1113 English Composition I    3    
18 18
18

Sophomore Year

1st Semester Sem. Hrs. 2nd Semester Sem. Hrs.
BCT 2123  CPT Coding 3 BCT 2143  Advanced Coding 3
BCT 2133 ICD Coding 3 BCT 2153  Medical Insurance Billing 3
BOT 2413 Computerized Accounting 3 BOT 2753  Medical Information Man. 3
BOT 2523  Medical Machine Trans. I 3 SPT 1113  Oral Communications 3
BOT 2823 Communication Technology 3 Approved Humanities/Fine Arts Elective 3
BIO 2514 Anatomy and Physiology I    3     Approved Soc./Behav.Science Elective    3    
BIO 2514 Anatomy and Physiology I Lab 1
19 18
    
Completion Award:  Associate in Applied Science Degree