Medical Terminology for Clinical and Administrative Professions

About this Course

This course introduces the language of healthcare. It will cover spelling, pronunciation, and definitions of medical terms. Anatomy, physiology, major diseases, signs, symptoms, diagnoses, procedures, medications, treatments, and medical abbreviations will be introduced. The basic structure of medical terms including prefixes, suffixes, and word roots will be presented. Body systems are used as the organizational framework to present terminology.

This course is required for the Professional Medical Billing and Coding certificate.

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