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East MT - what's been going on with the coder program lately? - sm

Posted: Jul 25, 2014

Do you know when you might finish and start doing coding work? Do you think they'll offer the program again? Thanks for any information. Good luck to all of you in the program.

technical difficulties with the website we use for our exercises - East MT

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Has set us back. We still don't know when the learning portion will be over and we will move into apprenticeship. Hopefully it is some time this year ;)

Thank you. - nm

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Thanks for the update - waiting in the wings

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I really hope that is the case and Mmodal is not playing games to avoid paying you your bonuses. Seems unfair you were not allowed to take any time off at all but yet there is no time table as to when you will be done because of company technical difficulties. Nothing like putting your life on hold. Unfortunately nobody ever tests things at Mmodal before they implement them so we shouldn't be surprised. Fluency anyone?

However, I am rooting for all of you that this class is a success because I am hoping they offer a second class. Hopefully by that time all the kinks will be worked out!

No I really dont think bonuses are an issue. a number of - unexpected issues have come up

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least of all ICD10 being delayed a year. they had prepared lessons for ICD10 and purchased books for that. So after all the money and time put into preparing a program for ICD10 suddenly going to ICD9 was somewhat of a catastrophic event. They stopped making ICD 9 books and so the instructor has to come up with lessons on her own. Which takes time. Add to that the main instructor leaving and the glitches in the program, it's just all very unfortunate.

Trust me they are spending wayyyy more on CE hours than they had intended. They would have been better off paying us the bonuses lol

ICD-9 - Anonymous one

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They have not stopped making ICD-9 books, the 2015 code set is available for sale.

The problem is with textbooks - not codebooks. nm

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NM

Sorry - Anonymous one

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However, there are a lot of ICD-9 textbooks available, production did not just completely shut down because ICD-10 was in the wings. Other schools are still teaching ICD-9 and it has not changed that much you would need the newest textbooks available. You need something at this point to teach you the basics. This is just my opinion and I am probably going to be shot down, but I think you need to learn ICD-9 before you learn ICD-10.

Sorry - sm

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It isn't a question of having the newest textbooks available, but of having ANY textbooks available. Production of ICD-9 textbooks did pretty much shut down. Yes, some schools are teaching with them, but they had them in stock. Other schools can't get them.

There is also a problem with everything that goes with the textbook. When you choose a textbook, the instructor materials, lesson plans, and online package come with it. If you do not have that, you have to write all that yourself.

I don't know why anyone would have to turn textbook availability into such a point of contention, unless they were looking to start an argument.

And I guess that would be you - Anonymous one

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I knew someone would come along and shoot me down.

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