Administrative Support Technology
Medical
Office Specialization
The Medical
Office Specialization offers
training needed to work in a medical environment with specific training in medical insurance coding and medical transcription. The medical courses are
usually taught during the evenings. A coding student
who makes below a “C” in a HIT course is strongly
encouraged to retake the course.
A transcription
student who makes below a “C” in any AST or HIT
course is strongly encouraged to retake the course. Required courses
include:
|
|
|
|
Lecture
Hours |
Lab
Hours |
Course
Credits |
| First
Semester |
|
|
|
|
AST 101
|
|
Keyboarding I
|
2 |
0 |
2 |
| AST 103 |
|
Keyboarding I Lab
|
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
ENG 134
|
|
Grammar for Writing
& Speaking
|
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
BUS 121
|
|
Business Mathematics I
|
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
BIO 100
|
|
Basic Human Biology
|
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
HLT 143
|
|
Medical Terminology I
|
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
SDV 100
|
|
College Success Skills
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Total |
|
|
15 |
2 |
16 |
|
|
|
|
Lecture
Hours |
Lab
Hours |
Course
Credits |
| Second Semester |
|
|
|
| AST 102 |
|
Keyboarding II
|
2 |
0 |
2 |
| AST 104 |
|
Keyboarding II Lab |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
ITE 115 |
|
Basic Computer Literacy |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
ITE 115L |
|
Basic Computer Literacy Lab |
0 |
2 |
1 |
| ENG 135 |
|
Applied Grammar |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
HLT 144
|
|
Medical Terminology II |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
HLT/PED
|
|
Health/Physical Ed. |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
AST 245
|
|
Medical Machine
Transcription I** |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| Total |
|
|
13**-11* |
6 |
16**14* |
|
|
|
|
Lecture
Hours |
Lab
Hours |
Course
Credits |
| Third Semester |
|
|
|
| AST 234 |
|
Records &
Database Mgt. |
3 |
0 |
3 |
| AST 238 |
|
MS Word |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
AST 239 |
|
MS Word Lab |
0 |
2 |
1 |
| HUM 226 |
|
Legal Aspects of Record Doc. |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
AST 113 |
|
Speedbuilding ** |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
HIM 106 |
|
ICD-9-CM Coding I* |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| Total |
|
|
9**-11* |
2 |
10**-11* |
|
|
|
|
|
Lecture
Hours |
Lab
Hours |
Course
Credits |
| Fourth Semester |
|
|
|
| ECO 100 |
|
Elementary Economics |
3 |
0 |
3 |
| ACC 111 |
|
Accounting I ** |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
AST 201 |
|
Keyboarding III (Internship) |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| |
|
Keyboarding III Lab |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
HIT 195
|
|
ICD-9-CM Coding II*
|
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
HIT 226 |
|
Legal Aspects ofRecord Doc. |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
AST 243 |
|
Office Administration I |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
AST 295 |
|
Medical Mach.Transcription II** |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| Total |
|
|
11**-13* |
2 |
12**-14* |
|
|
|
|
Lecture
Hours |
Lab
Hours |
Course
Credits |
| Fifth Semester |
|
|
|
| HIM 130 |
|
Health Care Information System |
3 |
0 |
3 |
| AST 244 |
|
Office Administration II |
3 |
0 |
3 |
| HIT 105 |
|
CPT Coding* |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
HIT 143 |
|
Managing Electronic
BillingMedical Practice* |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
SDV 106 |
|
Job Search Strategies |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
SPA 103 |
|
Basic Spoken Spanish |
3 |
0 |
3 |
| BUS 235 |
|
Business Letter Writing |
3 |
0 |
3 |
| Total |
|
|
9**-
14* |
2 |
14**-16* |
Total Minimum Credits for the
Associate of Applied
Science Degree in Administrative Support Technology
(Medical Office Specialization).........................................68**-69*
*Coding Option
** Transcription Option - students can pursue
either the
coding option or
the transcription option. Many
students take all courses for both
options
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