Advanced medical coding processes and practices were evolved in the United States, creating a large number of career opportunities there. Now, the rest of the world too follows the same suite, which in turn creates big-time opportunities in other countries too with UAE and India too on top of the list.
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A word of caution!!
On hearing about any rewarding career option, one major mistake fresh job aspirants make is to thoughtlessly jump into a random training by falling prey to the honey-dipped marketing gimmicks of ‘so called’ training institutes.
At the first point, you should know that ‘any training’ may not be enough for you to become a professional medical coder as the job requires high-level, practice-based skills to succeed.
Unfortunately, there are lot of shopping complex training institutes out there, aiming at filling their batches, collecting fees, and ultimately producing name-sake certification holders without any hands-on skills or employ ability.
Certification vs. Employability
Let’s explain this concept with a small example.
Case #1: You are aiming at a cyclist’s job and joining for a cycling certification training institute. You spend months there to learn different parts of a bicycle, science behind cycling, and the working principles theoretically to sit for a written exam at the end to get a certificate.
Case #2: You get into a place where there are real bicycles to train. Along with learning basic theoretical aspects, trainers who are expert cyclists also make you sit on real cycle and teach you how to ride it by gaining balance and become an expert rider through constant practice.
Hope you understand the difference! Similarly, in professional career fields like medical coding too, what you require is real-time exposure to become employable and start working
Choosing medical coding training center
To gain professional training in medical coding, it is advisable to avoid these name-sake shopping complex training institutes of one classroom + lab setup with inexperienced trainers offering theoretical training. Focus on getting a practice-oriented training in an organization which has a production environment and expert coders to guide you on actual work.
There is no doubt that medical coding and medical billing are reassuring careers and create a huge number of opportunities across the globe, but remember you are worth to explore these opportunities and land on a successful job only if you are ‘employable’.
SpectraMedi Inc. is one of the leading service providers in US Healthcare IT sector with its offshore unit, Spectrum located at Kochi, Kerala. The company has its own EHR and Revenue Cycle Management software and offers training in Medical Coding and Billing for those who are serious about pursuing it as their career. Duration of training is 3 months and the course fee is all inclusive 34.5K to be paid in easy installments.
Author: Arun Kumar Anthore
Is an HR Recruiter cum Career Guidance professional with many years of experience in IT recruitment and career / educational counseling.
