The “Get Certified” category identified resources for those that have some medical coding experience or education and are now preparing for a coding certification board exam.
This is actually something that people just don’t think about actually. They schedule, they go through their courses, they do whatever study it is to get ready for their exam and then they schedule the exam and then what’s next?
Another question we had is wondering about a certification. We actually get questions quite often about certifications, what should they do next? We probably have some past webinars and ideas about this. Q: “I am very interested in becoming a certified medical coder; however, I don’t know which certificate to study for. I have 34 years of outpatient hospital bill experience alone with some coding practice at a major hospital.”
CCO Education Director and Coach Alicia Scott, CPC, CPC-I, CRC One of the things we've learned here at Certification Coaching Organization (CCO) and also in the years that I've worked in medical coding is that people who want to get certified struggle with education and passing the CPC® exam. The CPC®
This is our slides, we have so many, where we like to give a shout-out to those who have passed any credentials, finished their medical coding courses. We’ll go through these names real quick, and if you’ve recently graduated and you’re not on the list, please put it in the chat
Healthcare providers will start using ICD-10 instead of ICD-9 codes on October 1, 2015 (that is less than 3 months from now). ICD-10 expands on ICD-9 codes to reflect advances in medicine, which means that using ICD-10 codes will allow doctors to capture more details about their patients’ health conditions and
Alicia: Now, we also have the auditing course, let me tell you about that and then Laureen can tell you about Tammy the instructor. It already started, our auditing course, and that is to prepare you for the CPMA credential. This course has already started, but it’s not too late to
Alicia: CCO Congratulations to Recent Graduates! Now, we get to go into a really fun part of the webinar and it’s where we recap the people that have recently passed or completed the course. So, first we’ve got, Helen Glinski and Lois Cole, they passed their CPC. Lori Carson – Look!
Laureen: This is where we get to do our congratulations, and I think Alicia you’re going to start with the first slide? Boyd: While we go through this, if you have recently got your own certification that is not on the list, please chat-type it in the chat so that we
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