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Need advice--Coding or MTE training - grandma
Posted: Jul 09, 2012
Any advice for getting some training in Coding/Billing or MTE training? I have been unemployed for over a year. Some schools will allow you to take advantage of the WIA program. Looking for perhaps some advice on which way to go. I am almost 57 years old and not sure which direction to head. Thanks!
advice - CTMT
[ In Reply To ..]Coding/billing is what I would take if I could start over again. I have been doing MT transcription for over 10 years and never really made the kind of money I heard about when I was in school, the pay keeps getting cut and work is not always available. Everything is going voice recognition and electronic medical record, a coder will always be needed to check the codes. I heard physicians put in the codes selected from the database and coders have to review for accuracy.
MTE would be silly and foolish choice because it prepares - one to do one very narrow line of work
[ In Reply To ..]that is in trouble now, with nowhere to go. Medical records is a growing field, but job growth in the future will be to positions requiring a broader range of skills and away from editing only. If you studied coding, you'd learn more than enough medicalese (coding requires greater understanding) to be able to also edit if a position maintaining medical records required it. Although ICD coding jobs themselves are hard to break into (and I am, of course, assuming it is ICD coding you are considering), it's likely that many other records positions in future will require some knowledge of coding. Good luck whichever direction you go.
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