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LCC offering evening class for Coding Specialist

The Laredo Community College Medical Office Assistant (MOA) program is offering a special evening course for college students seeking to become a medical coding specialist.

LCC Allied Health Department Chairperson Norma Moore announced that Corina Salinas, a local certified coding specialist, will teach the evening class in Coding and Classification Systems (HITT1441C01).

Salinas, a healthcare management expert of 14 years, is the managing executive for the OB-GYN Specialists of Laredo.  She holds a Bachelor of Arts, a Masters in Education and a Masters in Business Administration from Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio. 

Salinas is a member of the American College of Medical Practice Management and the National Society of Hispanic MBAs.

Salinas will teach the class on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 to 7:50 p.m. on the college campus, beginning January 13, 2004.

To enroll in this course, students must have taken and passed the classes for Medical Terminology and Anatomy/Physiology.

Under the Coding Specialization Certificate program, students learn to perform coding techniques required in medical facilities for reimbursement from entities such as Medicaid, Medicare and private insurances.  Students will be taught data collection, documentation requirements and classification systems and codes per diagnosis and treatment.  They will also learn the federal regulation systems and procedures for medical reimbursements. 

“The Coding Specialization Certificate offered at Laredo Community College is an affordable two-semester program which prepares graduates for entry level skill work in the field of coding,” said Moore.

The course tuition for Coding and Classification Systems is $185 plus textbooks. 

Moore commented that job opportunities are plenty in the region for coding specialists in medical offices, clinics and hospitals.

“Presently, there are jobs available in all areas of the medical field for persons who are certified as medical coders.”

Moore also indicated that class space is still available for Administrative Procedures, a course within the MOA program.  The class trains students to learn vital front office business skills for the medical office.  Students will meet Mondays through Thursdays from 1 to 5 p.m. from January 12 to March 4 only.

For information on enrolling in these classes, contact the LCC Allied Health Department by calling 721-5261.  Office hours are Mondays through Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Fridays from 8 a.m. to 12 noon.

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