Certificate Programs

Coding Specialist

Program Description

Are you looking for a coding position in a health care setting? Or do you already have a job involving medical records and want to enhance your coding knowledge? Then you’re ready to become a coding specialist.

What You Can Earn

An Advance for Health Professionals magazine salary survey reports average earnings in the range of $30,000 to $35,000 annually.

Career Opportunities

Coding Specialists are in great demand in a variety of health care settings such as physicians offices, medical insurance companies, sports medicine clinics, speech therapy practices, outpatient laboratories and digital imaging facilities, freestanding surgical centers, occupational medicine clinics, and home health agencies.

Accreditation Info

Northwestern Business College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, 30 North LaSalle Street, Room 2400, Chicago, Illinois 60602, (312) 263-0456, www.ncahigherlearningcommission.org.