i am interested in becoming a medical billing and coding specialist what are your thoughts on that career?
November 29th, 2009 by admin
is it in demand? what is the yearly salary? any other career suggestions?
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it sucks, trust me i do it. not as good as it sounds. it is a paycheck, but not all that!
it is in demand and you will make low to mid 30’s per year i would read on it at PureMedicaljobs.com billing page good luck
It’s definitily in demand, as long as you have your RHIT certification. Most places require this now, and if they don’t, most will soon and would prefer that you have it. To get it, you have to go to an accredited community college program accredited by AHIMA. The list of programs is available at http://www.ahima.org.
The salary really depends on where you live, so I can’t really answer that….. I would recommend getting a degree in “health information management’ or something similar so you can do coding or transcription, or even be a director of medical records, among other similar fields.