Medical codingAcademic programFully online
Health Information (Medical Coding) Certificate - Online
Academic program. This is a credit-bearing academic program; check the award and credit details below.
Cost
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Delivery and schedule
- Format
- Fully online
- Pacing
- Not published
- Scheduled live attendance
- Not published
- Start dates
- Scheduled start dates
- Expected duration
- Not stated; 40 required credits
- Weekly workload
- Not published
- Course access
- Not published
- In-person requirements
- None stated by the provider
Award and certification
- Award from the institution
- Academic certificate: Certificate in Health Information with an emphasis in Medical CodingIssued by North Dakota State College of Science
- Academic credit
- Credit-bearing · 40 credits
- Professional credential preparation
- CCA — Certified Coding AssociateVoucher not confirmedPage says AHIMA CCA is the entry-level exam; completing an AHIMA PCAP program is a listed training route.Provider statement
- CCA — Certified Coding Associate
- 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
- 40-credit AHIMA PCAP-approved coding certificate; online students take all courses online and finish with a virtual coding practicum.
- Main subjects
- Intro to health information
- Pathopharmacology
- Diagnosis coding
- Procedure coding
- Reimbursement methodologies
- Computer applications in healthcare
- Anatomy and physiology
- Medical terminology
- Coding systems covered
- Not published
- Billing and reimbursement content
- Reimbursement methodologies
- Medical terminology and anatomy
- Included
- Software or practice platform
- Encoder/grouper software
- Practical exercises
- Capstone virtual practicumSimulated or practice exercises are not employment experience.
Admissions
- Educational prerequisites
- High school graduate or equivalent; ACT and/or placement testing results
- Audience
- Beginners
- Age requirement
- Not published
- State or residency restrictions
- None published
- Technology requirements
- Personal laptop and printer with webcam/microphone; tablets and Chromebooks not compatible
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
- North Dakota State College of Science · Community college Research checked
- Actual training provider
- North Dakota State College of Science (same as the institution)
- Underlying program
- Health Information (Medical Coding) Certificate
- Institutional accreditation / approvals
- AHIMA Professional Certificate Approval Program (PCAP) Program-specificProgram approvedSource
Institutional accreditation does not mean a program is approved by a professional certification body.- AHIMA Professional Certificate Approval Program (PCAP) Program-specific
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.
- verifiedinstitutioncatalog.ndscs.edu“North Dakota State College of Science”
- verifiedawardcatalog.ndscs.edu“students will be awarded a Certificate in Health Information with an emphasis in Medical Coding”
- verifieddurationcatalog.ndscs.edu“Total Required Credits 40”
- verifiedcurriculumcatalog.ndscs.edu“students will complete a capstone virtual practicum, coding a variety of types of authentic health records, using encoder/grouper software.”
- verifiedadmissionscatalog.ndscs.edu“Tablets and Chromebooks are not compatible with online classes/testing.”
- verifiedfinancial aidcatalog.ndscs.edu“Financial Aid”
- verifiedapproval:AHIMA Professional Certificate Approval Program (PCAP)catalog.ndscs.edu“The North Dakota State College of Science comprehensive coding program is approved by the AHIMA Professional Certificate Approval Program…”
- verifiedofficial pagecatalog.ndscs.edu
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