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Medical Billing and Coding Specialist Certification
University of West Florida Continuing Education · training delivered by Career Educational Services
Cost
$4,500
Published tuition (Tuition)
| Item | Amount | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition Published price · includes live instruction, coding books, textbooks, NHA CBCS exam | $4,500 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
- Instructor-led
- Scheduled live attendance
- Yes — live sessions
- Start dates
- Scheduled start datesOct 20, 2026 - Feb 23, 2027; seating limited
- Expected duration
- 17 weeks; Oct 20, 2026 - Feb 23, 2027, Tue/Thu 6-9 p.m.
- Weekly workload
- Not published
- Course access
- Not published
- In-person requirements
- Externship referenced ('prior to the externship') - details not on fetched text
Award and certification
- Award from the institution
- Course completion certificate: Medical Billing and Coding Specialist CertificationIssued by University of West Florida
- Academic credit
- Noncredit
- Professional credential preparation
- CBCS — Certified Billing and Coding SpecialistExam voucher 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
- Live virtual 17-week instructor-led program (Tue/Thu evenings) preparing for the NHA CBCS exam, with an externship component referenced.
- Main subjects
- medical billing
- medical coding
- preventing fraud/abuse by auditing billing
- confidentiality of patient records
- Coding systems covered
- Not published
- Billing and reimbursement content
- Not published
- Medical terminology and anatomy
- Not published
- Software or practice platform
- Not published
- Practical exercises
- externship referenced in admissions requirementsSimulated or practice exercises are not employment experience.
Admissions
- Educational prerequisites
- High school diploma or GED; no drug-sale related felony or misdemeanor; commitment to 17-week schedule
- 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
- University of West Florida Continuing Education · University Research checked
- Actual training provider
- Career Educational Services (delivers the underlying course) Research checked
- Underlying program
- Medical Billing and Coding Specialist Certification
- 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.
- verifiedcurriculumuwf.edu“Maintaining confidentiality of patient records”
- verifieddurationuwf.edu“This live, virtual 17-week program provides theoretical and practical training experiences.”
- verifiedinstitutionuwf.edu“Medical Billing and Coding Specialist Certification”
- verifiedawarduwf.edu“Medical Billing and Coding Specialist Certification”
- verifiedadmissionsuwf.edu“A high school diploma or General Education Diploma (GED).”
- verifiedofficial pageuwf.edu
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