Medical codingAcademic programHybrid (some in-person)
Medical Coding Specialist
Academic program. This is a credit-bearing academic program; check the award and credit details below.
Hybrid program — not fully online. The provider’s page describes required in-person elements; check the official program page for details.
Cost
Not published
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Delivery and schedule
- Format
- Hybrid (some in-person)
- Pacing
- Not published
- Scheduled live attendance
- Not published
- Start dates
- Scheduled start datesAugust or January
- Expected duration
- Not published
- Weekly workload
- Not published
- Course access
- Not published
- In-person requirements
- None stated by the provider
Award and certification
- Award from the institution
- Diploma: Medical Coding Specialist Technical DiplomaIssued by Waukesha County Technical College
- Academic credit
- Credit-bearing · 30 credits
- Professional credential preparation
- No exam preparation is stated by the provider
- 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
- Thirty-credit technical diploma combining online and classroom formats in 8-week evening courses.
- Main subjects
- Not published
- 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
- Not published
Admissions
- Educational prerequisites
- Not published
- Audience
- Not published
- Age requirement
- Qualified high school students must be at least 16
- State or residency restrictions
- None published
- Technology requirements
- PC access and EHR Go software (about $55 per 12 weeks)
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
- Waukesha County Technical College · Technical college Research checked
- Actual training provider
- Waukesha County Technical College (same as the institution)
- Underlying program
- Medical Coding Specialist Technical Diploma (31-530-2)
- 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.
- verifiedinstitutionwctc.edu“online and classroom formats”
- verifiedawardwctc.edu“Medical Coding Specialist”
- verifiedadmissionswctc.edu“online and classroom formats”
- verifiedofficial pagewctc.edu
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