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Medical Billing and Coding Specialist

Medical Billing and Coding Specialist

Work a week in a family practice's billing office: code visits from the notes to the right specificity, clean claims before they go out, work denials in order of what can be recovered, push back on coding the notes do not support, and report on ageing receivables.
1.5 hrs taught · 4.5 to 8 hrs applied 7 modules 20 lessons 4 portfolio artifacts Completion certificate Updated September 2026
Created by the CertClue team
What you'll build

Real portfolio pieces built during the course, not a certificate for its own sake. Each one is work you can show.

  • Coding worksheetFour visits coded from the notes with ICD-10-CM and HCPCS Level II, each code tied to the words that support it, and one habit corrected.
  • Denial worklistLast month's 38 denials sorted by what can be recovered, with the action for each group, the money at stake, and the cause to fix.
  • Coding compliance noteThree coding requests from a doctor, what the documentation supports, the query sent, and how the disagreement was handled.
  • Receivables noteWhere the practice's $412,000 of outstanding money is stuck, what is at risk, and what gets worked first, with collections kept for patient balances.

What you'll learn

Billing and coding, kept short
The job, decoded
A day in the seat
The rhythm of the job
Into the simulation: Tellwick's billing office
Building the portfolio
What comes next

Course content · 7 modules, 20 lessons

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What the job is, the revenue cycle, and the code sets in plain words.

What billing and coding does, and where the job is going
The revenue cycle
The code sets in plain words

Requirements

  • No prior experience in this field is required to start.
  • A computer with a reliable internet connection.
  • Comfortable using a web browser - no software to install.

Description

Every CertClue course follows the same seven-part shape: fundamentals, the role translated out of job-posting language, a real working day, the job's recurring rhythms, a multi-day simulation, the portfolio you build along the way, and a handoff into your next move. Here is what that looks like for medical billing and coding specialist.

Who this course is for

Anyone aiming to become a medical billing and coding specialist, including career changers with no background in it yet. This is the entry rung of a realistic ladder:

entry
Medical Billing and Coding Specialist

Turns clinical notes into accurate claims and follows them until they are paid.

ICD-10-CM and HCPCS codingClaim scrubbingDenial managementCoding compliance
mid
Revenue Cycle Analyst

Finds why money is lost or late across the whole cycle and fixes the causes.

Denial trendsPayer rulesA/R reportingProcess fixes
senior
Revenue Cycle Manager

Runs billing, coding and collections for a practice or group and answers for the results.

Team leadershipPayer contracting supportCompliance programmesFinancial reporting
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