Billing & codingComprehensive career trainingFully online
Medical Coding and Billing Program
Mississippi State University Center for Continuing Education · training delivered by CareerStep
Cost
$4,199
Published tuition (Program tuition)
| Item | Amount | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Program tuition Published price · includes CPC exam voucher, AAPC Practicode course, AAPC membership | $4,199 total | Compulsory |
- Other compulsory charges may exist that the provider does not publish.
- Prices checked October 18, 2026.
Delivery and schedule
- Format
- Fully online
- Pacing
- Self-paced
- Scheduled live attendance
- Not published
- Start dates
- Not published
- Expected duration
- Full access for 12 months
- Weekly workload
- Not published
- Course access
- 12 months
- In-person requirements
- None stated by the provider
Award and certification
- Award from the institution
- Not published
- Academic credit
- Not stated
- Professional credential preparation
- CBCS — Certified Billing and Coding SpecialistVoucher not confirmedProvider statement
- CPC — Certified Professional CoderExam voucher included · membership includedProvider statement
- CBCS — Certified Billing and Coding Specialist
- 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
- CareerStep medical coding and billing program delivered by Mississippi State University continuing education, including a CPC exam voucher, Practicode and AAPC membership.
- Main subjects
- Introduction to Healthcare Digital Technology
- Comprehensive Medical Terminology
- Law, Liability, and Ethics for Healthcare
- Anatomy and Physiology Essentials
- Health Information Management
- Comprehensive Electronic Health Records
- Outpatient Coding
- Medical Billing
- Coding systems covered
- Not published
- Billing and reimbursement content
- Medical Billing
- Medical terminology and anatomy
- Included
- Software or practice platform
- Not published
- Practical exercises
- AAPC Practicode courseSimulated or practice exercises are not employment experience.
Admissions
- Educational prerequisites
- Not published
- Audience
- Not published
- 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
Aid eligibility is checked per program. A university marketing a course does not make that course aid-eligible, and financing is not a scholarship or grant.
Who is behind this program
- Institution marketing the program
- Mississippi State University Center for Continuing Education · University Research checked
- Actual training provider
- CareerStep (delivers the underlying course) Research checked
- Underlying program
- Online Medical Coding and Billing Professional Training Program
- Institutional accreditation / approvals
- Not confirmedInstitutional accreditation does not mean a program is approved by a professional certification body.
The same underlying course is also marketed through: California State University, Bakersfield Extended Education, CareerStep, College of Western Idaho, Western Kentucky University Continuing & Professional Development, Southern Utah University Professional Development. Price, support, funding and inclusions can differ by institution — compare them rather than assuming they match.
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.
- verifiedinstitutionce.msstate.edu“CareerStep's online healthcare programs are self-paced, fully online, and can be completed on your schedule.”
- verifieddeliveryce.msstate.edu“CareerStep's online healthcare programs are self-paced, fully online, and can be completed on your schedule.”
- verifiedofficial pagece.msstate.edu
- verifieddurationce.msstate.edu“Full access for 12 months $4,199 CPC & CCA Prep”
- verifiedcurriculumce.msstate.edu“Topics covered in this program include reimbursement methodologies, biomedical sciences, and current code sets.”
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