Associate of Arts in Health Care Administration
Concentration in Billing and Coding
Offered On-Ground and Online
Support the Inner Workings of Health Care Operations with a Billing and Coding Degree
Our nation’s dynamic, fast-paced health care field is evolving rapidly and needs educated professionals to help it grow! According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, by the year 2016 the health care industry will generate more new jobs than any other industry – 3 million, to be exact.*
Jump right into the billing and coding, administrative, customer service, financial, and legal aspects of this exciting field with a degree from LA College. You’ll be poised to join motivated health care teams at your choice of public and private hospitals, nursing and residential care facilities, physician and dentist offices, home health care facilities, outpatient care centers, and ambulatory health care services.
* 2008-2009 Occupational Outlook Handbook, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Learn To... |
Acquire Skills In… |
| • Use coding conventions, terms, and abbreviations | • Medical billing and insurance procedures |
| • Code procedures according to CPT and ICD-M guidelines | • Health care marketing and customer service |
| • Handle day-to-day administrative activities | • Health care policy and law |
| • Assess health care information systems | • Accounting terminology and processes |
| • Analyze patient health services while controlling costs and maximizing profits | • Coding problem solving and data quality control |
| • Apply financial techniques in health care decision making |
Course List
Concentration| Course Number |
Semester Hours |
Course Name |
| HCA 213 | 3.0 | Basic CPT/HCPS Coding |
| HCA 214 | 3.0 | Basic ICD-9-CM Coding |
| HCA 215 | 3.0 | Introduction to Billing |
| HCA 216 | 3.0 | Intermediate Billing |
Core |
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| BC 113a | 3.0 | Data Base Management Systems |
| BC 116a | 3.0 | Introduction to Computers & Computer Applications |
| HCA 200 | 3.0 | Medical Terminology, Medical Records, and Health Insurance |
| HCA 201 | 3.0 | Introduction to Health Care Administration |
| HCA 202 | 3.0 | Critical Thinking and Success Strategies in Health Care |
| HCA 204 | 3.0 | Health Care Organizations |
| HCA 206 | 3.0 | Introduction to Health Care Accounting |
| HCA 208 | 3.0 | Introduction to Health Care and Business Law |
| HCA 210 | 3.0 | Introduction to Health Care Information Systems |
| HCA 211 | 3.0 | Health Care Marketing and Customer Service |
| HCA 299 | 3.0 | Seminar in Health Care Administration I |
| GE 201 | 3.0 | Mathematics |
| GE 210 | 3.0 | Introduction to Psychology |
| GE 219 | 3.0 | American Culture, Government and Politics |
| GE 221 | 3.0 | College English and Public Speaking |
| GE 222 | 3.0 | Introduction to Sciences |
60.0 Semester Credit Hours