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You seem to be confused about the exams and credentials.
You are warning others to "be careful of which school" they pick "because just because you finish a coding course doesn't mean you can sit for the exam."
That's not correct. You can sit for any CODING certification offered by AHIMA or AAPC even if you DON'T finish a coding course. You don't even have to start! They only require a high school diploma. AHIMA doesn't even require experience.
You do need to be careful of what school you pick because some of them don't produce employable coders.
As for you, your course is a 2-year RHIT program. You DO need the course in order to sit for the RHIT exam.
However, an RHIT program is not a degree in management. It is a technical degree. That's what the "T" is for--technician.
It will qualify you to be a worker bee in a medical records environment--the same job people off the street can get. You can put together patient records, shelve and retrieve them, make photocopies to release patient information, check reports for signatures, etc.
A better job would be coding. It pays better and it's more interesting. It takes less time, too. You could do all the coding first, then get a job while you do the rest.
The RHIA is the management degree. There are RHITs who work their way up into management in small facilities, but most of them end up filing records or coding. RHIAs run the show. |
You can sit for the exam with NO course. - sm
