{"id":3725,"date":"2021-02-08T16:23:11","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T22:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/?p=3725"},"modified":"2021-02-09T10:28:41","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T16:28:41","slug":"ntc-medical-coding-certificate-degree-program-recognized-as-best-associate-degree-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/2021\/02\/08\/ntc-medical-coding-certificate-degree-program-recognized-as-best-associate-degree-program\/","title":{"rendered":"NTC Medical Coding Certificate Degree Program Recognized as Best Associate Degree Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Northwest Technical College&rsquo;s medical and coding program was ranked 8th in the list of &ldquo;The Best Associate Degree Programs&rdquo; by <a href=\"http:\/\/intelligent.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Intelligent.com<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This ranking was based on course flexibility, faculty, course strength, cost and reputation.<\/p>\n<h3><b>About the Program<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>NTC&rsquo;s 30-credit certificate degree program provides students with experience in medical coding as well as a foundation toward earning an associate of applied science. With a growing need for medical technicians in the field, the medical certificate degree program prepares students for entry level positions.<\/p>\n<p>The program utilizes nationally recognized coding systems to categorize procedures and diagnoses. Graduates will have the qualifications to work in many different medical settings.<\/p>\n<h3>About <a href=\"http:\/\/intelligent.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Intelligent.com<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/intelligent.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Intelligent.com<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a> is an online resource that provides rankings for the best colleges and programs across the country. The rankings include details of delivery method, credit requirement as well as cost per credit of the programs.<\/p>\n<h3>Link:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intelligent.com\/best-medical-and-coding-programs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">The Top 50 Medical and Coding Programs <i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/career-paths\/health-care\/health-care-support\/degrees-credentials\/certificate-medical-coding\/\">Medical Coding Certificate <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2021-N-040<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northwest Technical College\u2019s medical and coding program was ranked 8th in the list of \u201cThe Best Associate Degree Programs\u201d by <a href=\"http:\/\/intelligent.com\/\">Intelligent.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":3315,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5,6,7,25,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage","category-landing-page","category-myntc","category-newsletter","category-top-story"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3725"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3726,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3725\/revisions\/3726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}