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The problem I have been reading about on blogs and forums - sm


Posted: Apr 14, 2015

I have noticed a trend in people who studied outpatient coding and realized it wasn't enough. It's not easy to find training in just inpatient, so those people appear to be stuck. They had the outpatient training, but aren't finding jobs as easily as if they had both outpatient and inpatient. 

I got trained in house on inpatient - MT2coder

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It's possible. I had some lucky breaks but it can be done

CPC coder but now inpatient

Correct, that's a trend. - This is one reason why.

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It has always been that a trained and credentialed inpatient coder will get a job before someone who is not trained or credentialed. However, there is a shortage of coders, including inpatient coders. There just aren't enough to go around, especially with ICD10 coming up. There are estimates that inpatient coding may take much longer, so hospitals are trying to staff up before October. This is one of the reasons that salaries for inpatient coders shot up last year.

It's easier to find inpatient training now, with the AAPC course, but that course does not meet the requirements for the CCS exam. The only credential you could get with that is the new one AAPC offers, and hospital HIM managers are AHIMA-affiliated and may not accept an AAPC credential for inpatient coding. (They'll often take it for outpatient, though.)

It's entirely possible to get a job coding inpatient with the CPC credential, but it is far MORE likely to get it -- even without experience -- if you have a CCS. To get that, you need training from a school that qualifies for the CCS exam.

There are unemployed coders, both experienced and inexperienced. Ending up in that group is less likely if you have both a CPC and a CCS, because far more jobs are open to you.



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