{"id":25,"date":"2015-10-31T22:13:44","date_gmt":"2015-10-31T22:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sebron.org\/s\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2022-11-11T23:30:10","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T23:30:10","slug":"medical-billing-and-coding-degree","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sebron.org\/s\/medical-billing-and-coding-degree\/","title":{"rendered":"Associate Degree in Medical Billing and Coding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 15px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1704 size-full\" style=\"font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;\" src=\"https:\/\/sebron.org\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/medical-coding-and-billing-jobs-for-mom.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sebron.org\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/medical-coding-and-billing-jobs-for-mom.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.sebron.org\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/medical-coding-and-billing-jobs-for-mom-300x162.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 15px;\">SEBRON Associate Degree in Medical Billing and Coding Specialist<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Comprehensive training for ICD-9, ICD-10, CPT and HCPCS<\/li>\n<li>Salaries from $37,283\/yr to $68,283\/yr (US Dept of Labor)<\/li>\n<li>Job Placement Assistance Provided<\/li>\n<li>Course length: 260\u00a0hours (3 months)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Course Fee: $1,995<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"color: #003b8b; margin-bottom: 5px; font-family: calibri;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<form action=\"http:\/\/sebron.org\/application\/?course_id=mbcs\"><input style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: green; color: white; padding: 5px 30px 5px 30px;\" type=\"submit\" value=\"REQUEST FREE INFORMATION\" \/><input name=\"course_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"mbcs\" \/><input name=\"action\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"Request Information\" \/><\/form>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\n\n\n<div style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n\n\n<form action=\"\/s\/enroll-now-mbcs\/\"><input style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: red; color: white; padding: 5px 30px 5px 30px;\" type=\"submit\" value=\"ENROLL NOW - $299.95\" \/><input name=\"course_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"mbcs\" \/><input name=\"action\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"ENROLL NOW\" \/><\/form>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n--><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\">\n<form action=\"https:\/\/squareup.com\/store\/sebron-university\/item\/software-qa-certification-course\"><input style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: orange; color: white; padding: 5px 30px 5px 30px;\" type=\"submit\" value=\"SIGN UP ONLINE NOW\" \/><input name=\"course_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"mbcs\" \/><\/form>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<form action=\"http:\/\/sebron.org\/payment\/?course_id=mbcs\"><input name=\"course_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"mbcs\" \/><\/form>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--\n\n\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #005fbf;\">Top 7 Reasons to Take SEBRON MBCS Course\n<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n<ol>\n \t\n\n<li><strong>Start earning more!<\/strong> - Salary averages for medical billers with no college made an average income of $44,338 in 2014, while those with some college or an associate\u2019s degree made an average $46,815, and those with bachelor\u2019s degrees made an average $54,552<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li><strong>No expensive books<\/strong> - other schools make you buy upwards of $700 worth of books. With us, only one $15 book is required.<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li><strong>Easy to follow &amp; online<\/strong> - we know you are busy. That's why we designed a course around YOUR time. Login whenever it's convenient for you.<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li><strong>Valid in all 50 states<\/strong> - Medical Billing is not certified by State or Government (as is, for example, Nursing or Pharmacy Tech Programs). Your SEBRON Medical Billing and Coding Certification is valid nationwide for any employer.<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li><strong>Complete in as little as 4 months<\/strong> - other schools have courses lasting 10 months or longer. With us, you can complete quickly and start earning more!<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li><strong>Get approved FAST<\/strong> - no lengthy waits for FAFSA documents, or Pell grants - since we privately finance all students at the present time, you can enroll online and start studying the same day!<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ol>\n\n\n--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #005fbf;\">Fees And Course Payment<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The course has a fee of $1,995<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #005fbf;\">About the Course<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Associate Degree in Medical Billing and Coding: This program prepares the student for the exciting and demanding career in Medical Billing and Coding. The program teaches the student all current coding bases and classifications. After completing the program, the student will be able to correctly and efficiently locate correct codes for medical procedures, as well as perform and be familiar with the medical billing process. The MBCS program covers four major sections:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<li><b>ICD-9<\/b> &#8211; a set of codes used by physicians, hospitals, and allied health workers to indicate diagnosis for all patient encounters. This section will teach the student how to identify and classify medical procedures using ICD-9 codes.<\/li>\n<li><b>ICD-10<\/b> -a revision of the ICD-9-CM system which physicians and other providers currently use to code all diagnoses, symptoms, and procedures recorded in hospitals and physician practices. This section will teach the student how to identify and classify medical procedures using ICD-10 codes.<\/li>\n<li><b>CPT\/HCPCS<\/b> &#8211; Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) is a medical code set that is used to report medical, surgical, and diagnostic procedures and services to entities such as physicians, health insurance companies and accreditation organizations. This section will teach the student how to identify and classify medical procedures using CTP\/HCPCS codes.<\/li>\n<li><b>Human Anatomy<\/b> &#8211; basic overview of human anatomy and physiology.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition, the program covers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reimbursement, HIPAA, Compliance<\/li>\n<li>ICD 10 Code Modifiers<\/li>\n<li>ICD 9-Code Modifiers<\/li>\n<li>Intro to Radiology<\/li>\n<li>Intro to Pathology<\/li>\n<li>Inpatient Coding<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #005fbf;\">Program Length<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The MBCS Program consists of <span style=\"color: #000000;\">260<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0hours (3<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0Months)<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #005fbf;\">How Much Do Medical Billers Make?<\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_464\" style=\"width: 456px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a style=\"cursor: inherit !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.riskfreeserv.com\/san-diego-ca\/water-damage-restoration\/\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-464\" class=\"size-full wp-image-464\" src=\"\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/medical-coding-and-billing-jobs-for-mom.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"446\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-464\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Medical Billing and Coding Salaries in The Pacific Region (Experienced)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Salary averages for medical billers with no college made an average income of $44,338 in 2014, while those with some college or an associate\u2019s degree made an average $46,815, and those with bachelor\u2019s degrees made an average $54,552 A certification in Medical Billing opens the doors to many other positions, some of which pay over $75,000\/yr &#8211; including Medical Coordinators, Resident Care Associates and Supervising Coding and Billing Specialists.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #005fbf;\">What happens once I graduate?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>All course graduates receive a SEBRON Medical Billing and Coding Specialist Diploma upon course completion. All graduates are eligible for the SEBRON MBCS certification exam. The exam has 150 questions and is divided into four sections (please see above). The exam can be retaken multiple times. You have to pass each section with a score of 75% or better. <a href=\"\/s\/medical-billing-and-coding-mbcs-certification-exam\/\">Link to MBCS Exam Page<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #005fbf;\">About SEBRON University<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>SEBRON University is based in Southern California and currently offers the following certifications and courses: Medical Billing, Medical Assistant, Paralegal, Legal Assistant. <a href=\"\/site\/sebron-university\/\">More about SEBRON University<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #005fbf;\">What does a Medical Billing Specialist Do?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #434343;\">Compile, process, and maintain medical records of hospital and clinic patients in a manner consistent with medical, administrative, ethical, legal, and regulatory requirements of the health care system. Process, maintain, compile, and report patient information for health requirements and standards in a manner consistent with the healthcare industry&#8217;s numerical coding system.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #434343;\">Protect the security of medical records to ensure that confidentiality is maintained.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #434343;\">Review records for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with regulations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #434343;\">Retrieve patient medical records for physicians, technicians, or other medical personnel.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #434343;\">Release information to persons or agencies according to regulations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #434343;\">Plan, develop, maintain, or operate a variety of health record indexes or storage and retrieval systems to collect, classify, store, or analyze information.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #434343;\">Enter data, such as demographic characteristics, history and extent of disease, diagnostic procedures, or treatment into computer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #434343;\">Compile and maintain patients&#8217; medical records to document condition and treatment and to provide data for research or cost control and care improvement efforts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #434343;\">Process and prepare business or government forms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #434343;\">Process patient admission or discharge documents,using appropriate computer software (MEDISOFT).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #005fbf;\">What opportunities will you have as a Medical Billing Specialist?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The primary goal of the Medical Billing Specialist Course is to train students in the fundamental aspects of the industry, including understanding diseases and their impact on the body, diagnostics, treatments, procedures, anatomy and medical terminology. Through this short course, students become familiar with the contents of medical records and the industry-accepted processes for creating and indexing codes.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #005fbf;\">Pre-Requisites\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>GED or HS Diploma<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #005fbf;\">Recognition of Completion<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A certificate of program completion will be awarded by the College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 SEBRON Associate Degree in Medical Billing and Coding Specialist Comprehensive training for ICD-9, ICD-10, CPT and HCPCS Salaries from $37,283\/yr to $68,283\/yr (US Dept of Labor) Job Placement Assistance Provided Course length: 260\u00a0hours (3 months) Course Fee: $1,995 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Fees And Course Payment The course has a fee of $1,995 About the<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sebron.org\/s\/medical-billing-and-coding-degree\/\" class=\"themebutton2\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sebron.org\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sebron.org\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sebron.org\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sebron.org\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sebron.org\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/www.sebron.org\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4806,"href":"https:\/\/www.sebron.org\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions\/4806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sebron.org\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}