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What she means. - sm

Posted: Jun 29th, 2015 - 8:33 pm In Reply to: MT looking to break into coding - Heather

Girl Who Hires was trying to tell you that you need AHIMA credentials. That is what most companies need you to have because most hospital clients require that.

She was not necessarily telling you to take a course from AHIMA, although she might actually think that you need to do that to get an AHIMA coding credential. That is because you DO have to take a CAHIIM accredited RHIA or RHIT program to sit for the exam. People get confused.

She is also trying to warn you away from AAPC courses, which produce certifications that her company might not prefer. She may think AHIMA courses are guaranteed to be fabulous. As others have noted, AHIMA courses might not even qualify you to take the CCS or CCS-P exams, but only the CCA, which is not widely accepted, either.

In general, employers will not care what course you took if you have the right certifications. In this case, you would be aiming for the CCS.

Andrews doesn't just look good on paper ... it is good in actual fact. It teaches more than most college coding and other online programs and also teaches it well. It is, I think, a lot more work than other programs, but that is why you will have a good chance of passing the CCS.

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MT looking to break into coding - Heather (Views: 1462, 2015-06-29, 7:31 am)
- try the coding board. But its really hard to get a coding job without - experience even if certified (Views: 1047, 2015-06-29, 8:11 am)
- Having the right credentials is the key - sm (Views: 1174, 2015-06-29, 8:43 am)
  - Have you seen all the 'I have an Associates Degree and nobody will give me a chance threads? - We agree that credentials matter most (Views: 1490, 2015-06-29, 10:37 am)
- Yep, me too - val1224 (Views: 1258, 2015-06-29, 8:55 am)
  - The value of practical training vs. the A.S. in HIM - Been There (Views: 1081, 2015-06-29, 9:16 am)
  - More importantly CCS candidates get hired; not so much RHITs - for coding jobs (Views: 1054, 2015-06-29, 9:19 am)
    - Agree, it is very hard NOT to be hired with a - CCS (Views: 1182, 2015-07-03, 4:23 pm)
- The point is, who passes the CCS AHIMA credentials - Nothing else really matters (Views: 1149, 2015-06-29, 10:28 am)
- If you want a straight solid track into coding - with no (Views: 1235, 2015-06-29, 2:15 pm)
- What she means. - sm
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    - Not the OP, but ... - Coder (Views: 979, 2015-07-08, 2:20 am)
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- OUTSOURCING TO NUANCE - MTZ (Views: 1208, 2015-07-09, 9:22 am)
  - Check further on that "placement. " - sm (Views: 1086, 2015-07-09, 3:07 pm)
    - Check further on that "placement" - anom for now (Views: 890, 2015-07-20, 12:28 pm)
      - No, that is not what we were talking about. - sm (Views: 943, 2015-07-21, 7:42 pm)
  - I would not wait that long to take coding - Andrews Grad (Views: 1034, 2015-07-12, 7:04 pm)