Medical codingIntroductory / free resourceFully online
Foundations of Medical Coding and ICD-10-CM
Introductory / free resource. This is an introductory or free-to-start resource, not a complete career program and not a path to a credential by itself.
Cost
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Delivery and schedule
- Format
- Fully online
- Pacing
- Self-paced
- Scheduled live attendance
- No scheduled live sessions stated
- Start dates
- Open enrollmentFlexible schedule
- Expected duration
- 7 hours to complete
- Weekly workload
- Not published
- Course access
- No access duration stated; free trial may be available to eligible learners.
- In-person requirements
- None stated by the provider
Award and certification
- Award from the institution
- Course completion certificate: Coursera course Certificate (paid)Issued by Coursera / SkillUp
- Academic credit
- Noncredit
- Professional credential preparation
- CPC — Certified Professional CoderVoucher not confirmedPage states foundational skills for CPC exam preparation; no voucher mentioned.Provider statement
- CPC — Certified Professional Coder
- Eligibility caveat
- Completing this program does not award a professional credential. Eligibility requirements are set by the credentialing body and may include separate education, membership or experience conditions.
Curriculum
- Overview
- Beginner course covering medical terminology, anatomy basics, documentation and the CPT, ICD-10-CM and HCPCS Level II code sets. First course in a CPC exam preparation specialization.
- Main subjects
- medical terminology
- basic human anatomy
- healthcare documentation
- ICD-10-CM 10-step coding process
- Coding systems covered
- CPT, ICD-10-CM, HCPCS
- Billing and reimbursement content
- Not published
- Medical terminology and anatomy
- Included
- Software or practice platform
- Not published
- Practical exercises
- Not published
Admissions
- Educational prerequisites
- Not published
- Audience
- Beginners
- Age requirement
- Not published
- State or residency restrictions
- None published
- Technology requirements
- Not published
Financial assistance
- Federal student aid
- Not confirmed
- Payment plan
- Not confirmed
- Other
- Nothing published
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Who is behind this program
- Institution marketing the program
- SkillUp (via Coursera) · Independent provider Research checked
- Actual training provider
- SkillUp (via Coursera) (same as the institution)
- Underlying program
- Foundations of Medical Coding and ICD-10-CM
- Institutional accreditation / approvals
- Not confirmedInstitutional accreditation does not mean a program is approved by a professional certification body.
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Sources and review
Last reviewed October 18, 2026. Source check: “verified” means the quoted text was found on the page by an automated check; “pending” means not yet checked or the page could not be read.
- verifiedinstitutioncoursera.org“Instructors: SkillUp”
- text not foundawardcoursera.org“you'll need to purchase the Certificate experience when you enroll in a course”
- verifieddurationcoursera.org“7 hours to complete”
- verifiedcurriculumcoursera.org“Build foundational skills for entry-level medical coding roles and CPC® exam preparation.”
- verifiedadmissionscoursera.org“Beginner level”
- verifiedfinancial aidcoursera.org“Enroll for free”
- verifiedofficial pagecoursera.org
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