Medical codingAcademic programFully online
Medical Coding Specialist
Academic program. This is a credit-bearing academic program; check the award and credit details below.
Cost
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- Prices checked October 18, 2026.
Delivery and schedule
- Format
- Fully online
- Pacing
- Not published
- Scheduled live attendance
- Not published
- Start dates
- Scheduled start datesFall start; capacity of 21 spots each fall with waiting list
- Expected duration
- Not published
- Weekly workload
- Not published
- Course access
- Not published
- In-person requirements
- A few classes require proctored final exams on campus or through other arrangements
Award and certification
- Award from the institution
- Diploma: Medical Coding Specialist Technical DiplomaIssued by Madison College
- Academic credit
- Credit-bearing · 35 credits
- Professional credential preparation
- CPC — Certified Professional CoderVoucher not confirmedProvider 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
- Thirty-five-credit technical diploma delivered all online (virtual campus) with some proctored final exams; limited to Wisconsin residents.
- Main subjects
- ICD Diagnosis Coding
- CPT Coding
- Revenue Cycle Management
- Intermediate Coding
- Advanced CPT Coding
- Coding systems covered
- ICD, CPT
- Billing and reimbursement content
- Not published
- Medical terminology and anatomy
- Not published
- Software or practice platform
- Not published
- Practical exercises
- Not published
Admissions
- Educational prerequisites
- High school, GED/HSED or qualifying college credit; math/English preparedness; mandatory pre-program workshop
- Audience
- Not published
- Age requirement
- Not published
- State or residency restrictions
- limited to district and non-district Wisconsin residents
- 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
- Madison Area Technical College (Madison College) · Technical college Research checked
- Actual training provider
- Madison Area Technical College (Madison College) (same as the institution)
- Underlying program
- Medical Coding Specialist Technical Diploma (315302)
- Institutional accreditation / approvals
- Not confirmedInstitutional accreditation does not mean a program is approved by a professional certification body.
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.
- verifiedinstitutionmadisoncollege.edu“Medical Coding Specialist is all online – virtual campus.”
- text not foundawardmadisoncollege.edu“Medical Coding Specialist, Technical Diploma (Program Number 315302)”
- text not foundcurriculummadisoncollege.edu“Course 10-530-188 includes mock certification exams”
- text not foundadmissionsmadisoncollege.edu“limited to district and non-district Wisconsin residents”
- verifiedofficial pagemadisoncollege.edu
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