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Certified Billing & Coding Specialist (CBCS)

National Healthcareer Association (NHA)

Certification

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The skills learned through medical coding certification are essential to hospitals, physicians offices, surgery centers, nursing homes, dental offices, home healthcare agencies, mental health facilities and even insurance companies and consulting firms. This rewarding field requires a high level of professionalism and dependability.

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The skills learned through medical coding certification are essential to hospitals, physicians offices, surgery centers, nursing homes, dental offices, home healthcare agencies, mental health facilities and even insurance companies and consulting firms. This rewarding field requires a high level of professionalism and dependability.

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Skills & Competencies

Skills developed through this program

  • Gathering/reviewing essential information
  • Verifying required documentation before patient information is released
  • Preventing fraud/abuse by auditing billing
  • Supporting coding and billing process
  • Assigning codes for diagnoses and procedures
  • Submitting claims for reimbursement
Career Pathways

Occupations this program prepares you for

  • Billing and Posting Clerks43-3021.00
  • Medical Records Specialists29-2072.00
What You'll Learn

Key competencies developed through this program

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Mastery: developing (Level 2)(based on Certification)

  • Billing data discrepancies — identify, investigate, and correct within accounting records with minimal oversight in a mid-volume billing department.
  • Itemized statements, bills, and invoices — prepare completely and accurately for routine client accounts using billing and invoicing software independently.
  • Stop-payment notices — post promptly to accounting systems to prevent payment of protested checks in accordance with departmental policy.
  • Invoice and support document records — maintain organized, up-to-date files using document management software within established retention schedules.
  • Bookkeeping entries for costs of goods, services, or shipments — post consistently and accurately across multiple accounts in a standard office cycle.
  • Check verification procedures — execute independently, confirming signatures and required fields against account records in a financial services environment.
  • Accounting and billing software tools — use proficiently to process moderate volumes of transactions with reduced supervisory review.
  • Billing errors reported by customers or colleagues — resolve through systematic review of source documents and account histories in a timely manner.
  • Time-sensitive billing cycles — manage personal workload and prioritize tasks to meet payment deadlines in a busy administrative office.
  • Basic billing inquiries from internal staff — respond clearly and accurately using departmental knowledge and CRM software records.

Some details on this page are auto-populated from public workforce data sources: O*NET (opens in new tab), BLS (opens in new tab), College Scorecard (opens in new tab), DOL Training Provider Results (opens in new tab), NSX (opens in new tab). Provided in partnership with LER.me Career Intelligence.

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