Do you have to take the course to become a medical billing and coding specialist?
December 22nd, 2009 by admin
Can you just study on your own and then take the exam?
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Yes, you can study on your own and take the exam.
There are, unfortunately, not too many jobs for the medical biller or coder (or medical assistant) despite what those private $$ tech schools say. With medical billing, a lot of companies are outsourcing to Asia/India so that the jobs are more scarce. Regarding medical coding, most people need a couple of years experience doing coding tasks, certification(s) in the field and preferably completion of an accredited program to possibly find a job. The health care facility could get a pretty hefty fine if the documentation is coded incorrectly and a lot of codes seem very similar.
Whichever field that you pursue, please steer clear of those online, for-profit schools such as penn foster, US career, everest, ITT tech, sanford brown, devry, university of phoenix, strayer, kaplan, walden, capella and others as they are merely out to ‘make a profit’ (and course credits may not transfer): http://www.ripoffreport.com and can type into search.
For US colleges: http://www.utexas.edu/world/univ