Student Resources

Career Opportunities

  • CUHA purpose is to assist student with seeking and maintaining gainful employment in the professional medical coding and billing industry.
  • CUHA objective is to culminate theory with real life experiences.
  • CUHA provides student with assistant to design resume, cover letters and employment applications.
  • CUHA provides student assistant with knowledge and interviewing skills related to area of expertise.
  • CUHA provides valuable advice on professional appearance.
  • CUHA provides leads on job placement after interacting with the prospective employer desires.
  • Graduation ceremony is scheduled upon completion from the PMCC. The student will be provided a certificate of completion and a transcript during the graduation ceremony. Student will not receive contact hours for any class not attended.
  • CUHA offers externship site as employers are able and willing to accommodate.
  • CUHA offers an Externship opportunity to students that have successfully completed the PMCC with an '85' average or above and are in GOOD standing. The student will be allowed a minimum of 40 hours to maximum of 80 plus hours.
  • Refer to catalog for further details
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Salary Information

  • Contains not only job seeking information but also an excellent database in which you can find salary information for all regions of the United States.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Medical Coding is the act of assigning a code to a medical service.
It consists of a system designed to uniformly represent and report medical services.
Basically, medical coding is medical language (documentation) translated into numbers.

The classroom is located at 8 South Dunlap, GEB, Memphis, TN 38163 Classes also held online.

ICD-10-CM
CPT with anatomy of organ systems (entire book)
HCPCS Level 2 entire book
Overview of Medical Compliance & Billing, Medical Terminology and Anatomy
Further details are located in catalog

Please review our enrollment policy

Student must contact the director to discuss their knowledge and experience level for coding and/or billing practices that are current or past. Enrollment forms must be completed prior to enrollment. Further details are located under enrollment policy and admission tab.

Each class is $135 for four-to-six hours Workbooks and membership cost is $ (subject to change) Textbooks, Examination and Student Membership costs are NOT included.

Yes, review the catalog.

The textbooks to purchase are:

  • AMA-Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Professional Ed. (strongly recommended)
  • International Classification of Diseases 10th, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM)
  • Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Level 2
  • AAPC's approved manuals are stated at www.aapc.com/certification/cpc.aspx

 

Yes, each review class is offered at the end of each class session.

Certified Professional Coder CPC (Physician coding)
Certified Outpatient Coder (COC) Formerly known as CPC-H
Certified Professional Coder-Payer (CPC-P)
Certified Professional Biller (CPB)
Certified Risk Coder (CRC)
Several Specialty Exams - refer to www.aapc.com

Yes, but only after student has passed the national certification exam. Refer to AAPC’s CEU policy.  CUHA do offer CEU's online.

For general information see catalog.

See Course Curriculum, and catalog for full details.

Graduation ceremony is scheduled upon completion from the PMCC. The student will be provided a certificate of completion and a transcript during the graduation ceremony. Student will not receive contact hours for any class not attended.

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