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
- Not published
- Expected duration
- One year, part-time
- 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: Medical Coding and Billing CertificateIssued by Oakton College
- Academic credit
- Credit-bearing · 16 credits
- Professional credential preparation
- CPC — Certified Professional CoderVoucher not confirmedPage: upon completion students sit for a credentialing exam, CPC (AAPC) or CCA (AHIMA); CCS-P with experience.Provider statement
- CCA — Certified Coding AssociateVoucher not confirmedSame statement.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
- 16-credit certificate delivered 100% online, designed for one year part-time; credits can be applied to the Health Information Technology AAS.
- Main subjects
- computing
- insurance procedures
- medical terminology
- Coding systems covered
- CPT, ICD-10-CM
- Billing and reimbursement content
- Insurance procedures for physicians' offices and billing services
- Medical terminology and anatomy
- Included
- Software or practice platform
- Not published
- Practical exercises
- Not published
Admissions
- Educational prerequisites
- Placement into English 090/097/098 and MAT 070; minimum grade of C in all courses
- 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
- Oakton College · Community college Research checked
- Actual training provider
- Oakton College (same as the institution)
- Underlying program
- Medical Coding and Billing Certificate
- 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.
- verifiedinstitutionoakton.edu“Medical Coding and Billing | Oakton College”
- verifieddeliveryoakton.edu“This certificate is delivered 100% online.”
- verifiedawardoakton.edu“Break into the profession with Oakton’s 16-credit-hour certificate which leads directly to employment.”
- verifieddurationoakton.edu“It is designed to be completed in one year, part-time.”
- verifiedcurriculumoakton.edu“Students take courses in computing, insurance procedures, CPT and ICD-10-CM coding, and medical terminology.”
- verifiedadmissionsoakton.edu“Placement into English 090/097/098 and MAT 070.”
- verifiedofficial pageoakton.edu
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