From the course: Exploring the Top Entry-Level Jobs in Healthcare
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Medical biller/coder training, salaries, career trajectory
From the course: Exploring the Top Entry-Level Jobs in Healthcare
Medical biller/coder training, salaries, career trajectory
- If you want to work in healthcare, but prefer working at a computer or don't care much for the typical blood and guts that you expect in healthcare, then let me tell you about medical billing and coding. One thing is certain, as a medical biller/coder, you'll need to have computer skills, at the very least a general comfort level and willingness to learn. Your training may include practice using accounting and billing software, data entry software, medical condition coding software, and medical procedure coding software. You get the idea, a lot of software. These classes will prepare you to manage medical records, apply codes, submit invoices, and to help out with other business procedures related to health informatics. Informatics is the name of the general field that medical billers and coders fall under. So in looking for more information about medical billers and coders, look under the heading health informatics.…
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