Introduction
The plastic surgery medical coding course will establish the basics of medical coding are in place before focusing on the specifics involved with coding medical claims in the plastic surgery setting.

The Institute's Plastic Surgery Coding Course will be a government licensed program for the winter quarter 2011. There may be a few extra course assignments based on quiz performance. Otherwise, the course is straight forward with plenty of support when needed. We are going to hit on CPT, ICD, HCPCS Level II not too much Medicare. If we have enough time we will also take a look at some new coding software.

Lesson Preparation
Everything is now available to the student online.  Each student is assigned a course instructor who will work with them through out duration of the program.  There may be some offline assignments associated with the course work based on quiz performance.  The curriculum is self paced.  The student has up to six months to finish the assignments, online quizzes and take the final exam.

Final Exam & Grading
The final exam is online.  The student has six hours to complete the exam once it is started.  A score of 76 or better is required to pass.