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scenario on 2008-08-06
In Reply to: Certification - Mildred Trent
That's a better description of your situation than just saying you were certified and couldn't get a job.
Unless you completed one of the courses whose students typically get jobs with national services, you're not going to get a job with that unless you do some planning.
With the HIT in progress, your best bet is to take ANY job in ANY medical records department at a hospital or large clinic. Try for a part-time one now. File room, release of information, secretary . . . it does not matter. You have enough qualifications for an entry-level job. You can put the lapsed CPC-A on your resume, too, but be clear it is lapsed.
Once you have that job, you should find it quite easy to move into a coding position. Coders are very hard to find. If you want to begin helping out in coding, or doing a little extra, or getting some on-the-job training, I know few administrators who would refuse you.
If you are attending an accredited HIT program, it is preparing you for the RHIT exam. That's the one you should take first. The CCS is going to be more difficult unless you have actually worked in inpatient coding. You'd be more likely to pass the CCS-P, and you could probably do it now.
The easiest way to get a job in transcription is to go through one of the schools whose grads are accepted by nationals. The easiest way to get a job in coding is to get a certification, preferably one each from AAPC and AHIMA, and, if you cannot get a coding job outright, take any job in a HIM department in order to shift into a regular coding slot. That's quite easy to do.
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