“There are over 9,800 CPT codes – one for every type of health care service provided by health care practitioners or facilities.” (Explore Health Careers). Medical coding is a fast growing field and not a lot of people know how well it is going to strive here in the next couple years. The overview of this report is to elaborate what medical coding is. What the education requirements are for a medical coder along with the cost of tuition. Where medical coders can be employed. What the pay is for an average medical coder. Also, the job outlook for the career in medical coding. This report will help people understand the benefits of working in this part of the health care field. What is medical coding? Medical coding is the looking over of medical
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To become a medical coder you have to have a college degree in health information technology. This degree contains many classes including medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, and coding classes. Also, a number of externship hours are required. “Most employers prefer to hire health information technicians who have professional certification.” (Medical Records). Pam Bradbury, a Medical Coding Manager at Parkview Hospital, was interviewed and she explained that back in the 1970’s when she attended college they didn’t have medical coding. They had medical specialist classes, but not medical coding. Now all this college education comes with a cost of course. Sometimes a big …show more content…
All jobs have their own salary and that salary can always fluctuate. Most people when going back to college only focus on the pay, but sometimes that’s not the way to go. In an interview with Pam Bradbury she explained that starting out the average pay per hour can range anywhere from 16 to 25 dollars and hour. “The median annual wage for health information technicians was $34,160 in May 2012.” (Medical Records). Also, in medical coding the saying is more education and credentials means more money. When you have more education and credentials it helps in the aspect that you are more prepared and trained for the tasks that might require more
To become a medical coder you have to have a college degree in health information technology. This degree contains many classes including medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, and coding classes. Also, a number of externship hours are required. “Most employers prefer to hire health information technicians who have professional certification.” (Medical Records). Pam Bradbury, a Medical Coding Manager at Parkview Hospital, was interviewed and she explained that back in the 1970’s when she attended college they didn’t have medical coding. They had medical specialist classes, but not medical coding. Now all this college education comes with a cost of course. Sometimes a big …show more content…
All jobs have their own salary and that salary can always fluctuate. Most people when going back to college only focus on the pay, but sometimes that’s not the way to go. In an interview with Pam Bradbury she explained that starting out the average pay per hour can range anywhere from 16 to 25 dollars and hour. “The median annual wage for health information technicians was $34,160 in May 2012.” (Medical Records). Also, in medical coding the saying is more education and credentials means more money. When you have more education and credentials it helps in the aspect that you are more prepared and trained for the tasks that might require more