Medical Coding Career
The career I will be pursing is Medical Coding. After receiving my Medical Assistant diploma, I started working in a Pediatric clinic in the back office doing patient care and front office scheduling appointments and receiving and posting payments, I also researched and assigned medical codes for outpatient billing using International Classification of Disease- ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9) and the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding books. Medical Coding. I then went to work coding inpatient records. It is a little different from coding outpatient medical records. I worked in coding for several years and since I have been out of medical coding for a while. A lot has changed in that period of time they have moved forward with ICD-10 coding book is
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more advance and goes more in depth of the diagnoses and with the new technology I want to get back into what I really enjoyed doing.
Karen Ewing, a medical coding specialist from Madison Wisconsin provides really good information in her article in, Inner body, under Other recommended references, medical coding –Careers. Becoming a medical coding specialist.
(Medical coding as she states in her article is using alphanumeric diagnosis and procedure codes, they communicate critical medical conditions and treatment.
Coders translate medical terminology into standardized format, allowing information to be transmitted accurately and efficiently between healthcare providers and insurance payers.)
While there is no mandatory education required for employment, however there are a few options you can take. I would recommend going through a medical coding certification program or completing a degree this will provide you better knowledge of what it consist of, how to identify and codes. I have found that many healthcare facilities are looking for coders that have a certification or a degree. As Ewing has stated in her article a (strong knowledge of biology, anatomy, physiology, and medical terminology.)
Healthcare providers would rather spend their time caring for their patients, and little time in paper work. At a web site Learning.org have provided (important facts about medical coders Median salary (2014) about $35,000.00 for medical records and health information technicians. Jobs outlook (2012-2022) 22% for medical records and health information
technicians.)
There are many options for working as a medical coder and advancement in this career. A few of the work facilities are at some hospitals, doctor’s office, dental office nursing homes and some can even find jobs for coding from their home.
What really drew me into the coding the researching and matching up the codes to the provider’s diagnosis and procedures into the codes for insurance payers. I found that very interesting. There is a lot of attention to detail in this career and I am a very organized person and I felt this is the right choice in career for me. I would recommend this career that to any one that enjoys working inside an office at a desk, with little noise, and reading medical records and researching the information need to send to billing for payment. This is an essential part in the medical field, because it is the way for income to the facility and staff.
more advance and goes more in depth of the diagnoses and with the new technology I want to get back into what I really enjoyed doing.
Karen Ewing, a medical coding specialist from Madison Wisconsin provides really good information in her article in, Inner body, under Other recommended references, medical coding –Careers. Becoming a medical coding specialist.
(Medical coding as she states in her article is using alphanumeric diagnosis and procedure codes, they communicate critical medical conditions and treatment.
Coders translate medical terminology into standardized format, allowing information to be transmitted accurately and efficiently between healthcare providers and insurance payers.)
While there is no mandatory education required for employment, however there are a few options you can take. I would recommend going through a medical coding certification program or completing a degree this will provide you better knowledge of what it consist of, how to identify and codes. I have found that many healthcare facilities are looking for coders that have a certification or a degree. As Ewing has stated in her article a (strong knowledge of biology, anatomy, physiology, and medical terminology.)
Healthcare providers would rather spend their time caring for their patients, and little time in paper work. At a web site Learning.org have provided (important facts about medical coders Median salary (2014) about $35,000.00 for medical records and health information technicians. Jobs outlook (2012-2022) 22% for medical records and health information
technicians.)
There are many options for working as a medical coder and advancement in this career. A few of the work facilities are at some hospitals, doctor’s office, dental office nursing homes and some can even find jobs for coding from their home.
What really drew me into the coding the researching and matching up the codes to the provider’s diagnosis and procedures into the codes for insurance payers. I found that very interesting. There is a lot of attention to detail in this career and I am a very organized person and I felt this is the right choice in career for me. I would recommend this career that to any one that enjoys working inside an office at a desk, with little noise, and reading medical records and researching the information need to send to billing for payment. This is an essential part in the medical field, because it is the way for income to the facility and staff.