OFFT 2095 - Medical Office Capstone

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab 0
Course Description: This course is a capstone experience for students enrolled in the Medical Office Assistant program–Administrative Track or Coding Track. Medical administrative responsibilities, such as appointment scheduling, registration, health information management, and billing and financial operations are included in this project-based course. Medical coding responsibilities such as applying ICD-10-CM, CPT, and ICD-10-PCS coding guidelines may be included in this course. Coding students may study for a Certified Coding Associate (CCA) certification from the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), or a Certified Professional Coder Apprentice (CPC-A) from the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) This course requires students to be in their final semester.
MnTC Goals
None

Prerequisite(s): Instructor Consent
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

General awareness of the health industry
Office technology skills in a medical office setting
Technical training
Medical office best practices
Official medical code sets

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:

Apply medical office concepts and procedures, including technical skills such as software application and document preparation.
Demonstrate medical administrative best practices.
Utilize current medical office technology to perform medical office activities.
Identify the purpose of each code set in medical coding.
Abstract medical case studies to determine the main terms for interpreting medical terminology into codes.
Employ the coding actions to determine the accurate code or codes.
Demonstrate the processes used to coto use the coding manuals correctly.
Self assess technical and interpersonal competencies.

Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC): Goals and Competencies None
Competency Goals (MnTC Goals 1-6)
None
Theme Goals (MnTC Goals 7-10)
None

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