{"id":36,"date":"2015-11-01T20:25:10","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T02:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/career-paths\/health-care\/health-care-support\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2023-09-28T12:45:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T17:45:22","slug":"aas-medical-coding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/career-paths\/health-care\/health-care-support\/degrees-credentials\/aas-medical-coding\/","title":{"rendered":"AAS \u2014 Medical Coding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This 60-credit Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree prepares graduates for a career in medical coding with comprehensive training using nationally recognized coding systems to classify procedures and diagnoses related to medical treatment. The AAS program includes coursework in anatomy and physiology, pharmacology, U.S. <span class=\"ui-provider ec aya ayb ayc ayd aye ayf ayg ayh ayi ayj ayk ayl aym ayn ayo ayp ayq ayr ays ayt ayu ayv ayw ayx ayy ayz aza azb azc azd aze azf azg azh\" dir=\"ltr\">Health Care<\/span> systems and medical billing and insurance, as well as college-level courses in writing, bioethical issues in contemporary society, general psychology, intro to public speaking, business communications and customer relations management. Medical coders are needed for patient account management, medical billing and insurance claims processing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This 60-credit Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree prepares graduates for a career in medical coding with comprehensive training using nationally recognized coding systems to classify procedures and diagnoses related to medical treatment. The AAS program includes coursework in anatomy and physiology, pharmacology, U.S. Health Care systems and medical billing and insurance, as well as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":0,"parent":6,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page_academic-ntc-degrees.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-36","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/career-paths\/health-care\/health-care-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/career-paths\/health-care\/health-care-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/career-paths\/health-care\/health-care-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/career-paths\/health-care\/health-care-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/career-paths\/health-care\/health-care-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/career-paths\/health-care\/health-care-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":350,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/career-paths\/health-care\/health-care-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions\/350"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/career-paths\/health-care\/health-care-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/career-paths\/health-care\/health-care-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}