Billing & codingAcademic programFully online
Medical Billing and Coding Associate Degree (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 datesRolling admissions; classes start every 2-3 weeks.
- Expected duration
- 18 months
- Weekly workload
- Not published
- Course access
- Not published
- In-person requirements
- None stated by the provider
Award and certification
- Award from the institution
- Associate degree: Associate of Science / Associate of Applied Science, Medical Billing and CodingIssued by Ultimate Medical Academy
- Academic credit
- Credit-bearing · 63 credits
- Professional credential preparation
- CPC — Certified Professional CoderVoucher not confirmedPage says certification preparation is included at no additional cost; it does not say whether an exam voucher is included.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
- 63-credit online associate degree in medical billing and coding, with diagnostic and procedural coding courses, claim-cycle and records-management courses and general education.
- Main subjects
- Diagnostic Coding for MBC
- Procedural Coding I for MBC
- Procedural Coding II for MBC
- Billing and Coding Application with Simulation
- Medical Terminology
- Healthcare Settings, Claim Cycle, and Claims Processing
- Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathophysiology I
- Coding systems covered
- Not published
- Billing and reimbursement content
- Healthcare Settings, Claim Cycle, and Claims Processing
- Medical terminology and anatomy
- Included
- Software or practice platform
- Not published
- Practical exercises
- Billing and Coding Application with Simulation (a simulation course, not employment experience)Simulated 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
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Who is behind this program
- Institution marketing the program
- Ultimate Medical Academy · Career school Research checked
- Actual training provider
- Ultimate Medical Academy (same as the institution)
- Underlying program
- Medical Billing and Coding Associate of Science / Associate of Applied Science Degree Program
- 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.
- verifiedinstitutionultimatemedical.edu“Ultimate Medical Academy (UMA) offers two online Medical Billing and Coding programs”
- verifieddeliveryultimatemedical.edu“Train for a growing field from home.”
- verifiedawardultimatemedical.edu“Medical Billing and Coding Associate of Science / Associate of Applied Science Degree Program”
- verifieddurationultimatemedical.edu“18 month program3”
- verifiedcurriculumultimatemedical.edu“Billing and Coding Application with Simulation”
- verifiedofficial pageultimatemedical.edu
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