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Jobs Going the Way of the Dodo Bird? - akchick

Posted: Oct 6th, 2017 - 3:18 am

Hello all!

I have been considering returning to school to become a medical coder, abstractor, or cancer / tumor registrar.

Any advantages or thoughts regarding one over the other?

I am also wondering if the EMR mandate (and EMR improvements) are in any way going to phase out any of these positions? I have read of such a thing as computer-assisted coding, and some say that, no, people will always be needed to code correctly, but I wonder, if eventually everything gets plugged in the system and systems improve.

Thanks much for your time!
Erica

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Jobs Going the Way of the Dodo Bird? - akchick (Views: 1328, 2017-10-06, 3:18 am)
- this is exactly what people were saying about MT - will always be needed nm (Views: 880, 2017-10-06, 8:50 am)
  - They are going to have to pay better than minimum wage - to get people to work (Views: 714, 2017-10-07, 8:23 pm)
- Look on the coding board in July - sm (Views: 868, 2017-10-06, 11:51 am)
- cancer registry work - ex30yrmt (Views: 1006, 2017-10-06, 5:23 pm)
  - Who is "they?" - Curious (Views: 644, 2017-10-08, 3:31 pm)
    - cancer registry work - ex30yrmt (Views: 555, 2017-10-10, 7:24 pm)
      - There are only..... - Fool Me Twice (Views: 591, 2017-10-11, 12:50 am)
        She stated an AAS degree was needed - Jen (Views: 564, 2017-10-13, 12:11 pm)