Medical Coding Specialist
Program Coordinator: Tonya Harbert
Office: Umphrey Industrial Technology Center, 201-H
Email: keithtj@lamarpa.edu
Phone: 409-984-6501
Contact: Tonya Harbert
Office: Umphrey Industrial Technology Center, Office 201H
Email: keithtj@lamarpa.edu
Phone: 409-984-6501
The Medical Coding Specialist Program provides a student with training in medical terminology, electronic health records, coding classification systems, and database management. Students entering this field should be detail-oriented and work well with numbers. Students will learn how to safely manage a patient’s protected health information and methodically transfer medical record information into codes—both diagnostic and procedural.
Students must earn a minimum grade of ‘C’ in all technical courses in the Recommended Program of Study.