Delaware County Community College Medical Coding & Billing Program Media, Pennsylvania

Delaware County Community College’s Medical Coding and Billing Program is approved by the AHIMA Foundation’s Approval Committee for Certificate Programs. This designation acknowledges the coding program as having been evaluated by a peer review process against a national minimum set of standards for entry-level coding professionals. This process allows academic institutions, healthcare organizations, and private companies to be acknowledged as offering an ACCP Approved Coding Certificate Program. AHIMA is the premier association of health information management (HIM) professionals. AHIMA’s 56,000 members are dedicated to the effective management of personal health information needed to deliver quality healthcare to the public. Founded in 1928 to improve the quality of medical records, the American Health Information Management Association is committed to advancing the HIM profession in an increasingly electronic and global environment through leadership in advocacy, education, certification, and lifelong learning. The College’s Medical Coding and Billing Certificate is a stackable credential that offers a career pathway into Health Information Technology.

The Medical Billing and Coding program at Delaware County Community College has a tuition cost of $135 per credit hour for residents of sponsoring school districts. For a typical quarter, students can expect to pay approximately $1,620, assuming they take 12 credits. Non-sponsoring residents pay $270 per credit hour, totaling around $3,240 for 12 credits. Out-of-state and international students pay $405 per credit hour, with an estimated cost of $4,860 for 12 credits. These calculations are based on credit hours times the cost per credit.