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NEED ADVICE ON PREPARING RHIA EXAM

In addition to what you used, I also used the AHIMA Review Guide for the RHIA and the Latour Book. I also suggest getting a study group together. You can even get people who are ...

NEED ADVICE ON PREPARING RHIA EXAM

The codes are listed just like the examples in the PRG and the AHIMA book.

NEED ADVICE ON PREPARING RHIA EXAM

I see you have two of the best review guides, but I would also suggest making sure you review the coding rules and reimbursement chapters for more information than what is in these ...

NEED ADVICE ON PREPARING RHIA EXAM

I passed the exam in Dec and I made 390 out of 400. I also used the JB Review, 2010 PRG, the Review book put out by AHIMA and the Latour Book. I had a classmate who passed the ...

NEED ADVICE ON PREPARING RHIA EXAM

Thanks for the advice. I have updated my resume with the management of the transcription service. I just worked part time because I was still with Mawbell (it was before I retired ...

NEED ADVICE ON PREPARING RHIA EXAM

Thanks for the info. I was on the fence about putting my score on a resume. I only considered it as a way to distance my abilities from the students who don't have good analytical ...

NEED ADVICE ON PREPARING RHIA EXAM

[QUOTE who="Nadege in Fort Lauderdale, Florida"]Regina,

Good luck .. please let me know how it went..After I graduated with my BS in HIM.. I couldn't find a job ...

NEED ADVICE ON PREPARING RHIA EXAM

[QUOTE who="Sherry in Memphis, Tennessee"]@CP122578, That is DAMN good!!! What a score! Congrats and welcome to the profession. I am sure many doors will open for you if ...

NEED ADVICE ON PREPARING RHIA EXAM

Nadege,

I think it depends on where you live whether it is hard to get a job. I am just now putting out a few resumes, but in MS where Regina and I live, there are 3 HIT ...

NEED ADVICE ON PREPARING RHIA EXAM

Thanks Sherry, Actually I am not working yet. I graduated in August, and I have not even looked for a job yet. I plan to start looking in the Spring.

need advice please - RHIT exam

[QUOTE who="tapesa38@yahoo.com in Decatur, Georgia"]Hi Cp122578,

If you don't mind I would like to know why you have not use the Alfred State website that much? On ...

need advice please - RHIT exam

[QUOTE who="cp122578 in Meridian, Mississippi"]I paid the $25 for the Alfred State Website, but I have not used it very much. I am taking the PRG, and looking up the ...

need advice please - RHIT exam

[QUOTE who="tapesa38@yahoo.com in Decatur, Georgia"]Hi Cathy,

Do you know what state the RHIT exam course is going to offered in by AHIMA? Thanks Janet[/QUOTE]

need advice please - RHIT exam

I paid the $25 for the Alfred State Website, but I have not used it very much. I am taking the PRG, and looking up the information for all the answers and put them on powerpoints ...

need advice please - RHIT exam

I just remember one more thing that I want to ask about the test. When you view the test questions, do they come up one at a time like the PRG, or pages at a time. If you get ...

need advice please - RHIT exam

Correct, AHIMA is going to offer a RHIT prep course for $400.

need advice please - RHIT exam

Yes, I am going to take it this summer, and hopefuly take the RHIA next summer. Some of the same information should be on both, so that is why I almost decided to wait and just ...

need advice please - RHIT exam

I have the 05 06 and 08 PRG books. Since you said that you have the 09 can you tell me if there is much difference? Should I purchase the 09?

Cathy

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I would like a little more information on travel coding. I am retired from 30 years with a large telecommunications company, and I just finished my A.S. in HIT. I am working on ...

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I was studing for my RHIT test, and I was trying to find the hospital transfer methodology on the CMS website, I found a proposed rule change for 09 which would change what I ...

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You can email me directly through the site if you like it is cp122578@medicalcodingresources.com I put the MS-DRG pp on Google docs, but it does not have much info, so if anyone ...

need advice please - RHIT exam

CONGRATS!! Thanks so much for the info because I had read from others that there was not much statistics on the test. I guess it depends on which verision of the test you get, so ...

AHIMA vs AAPC

I found a very interesting article online that I think answer the question of whether AAPC is a business or a non-profit professional association. I found that in 2006 AAPC ...

Coding Positions

[QUOTE who="Donna920 in Summerville, South Carolina"]The classes are individually priced. www.tridenttech.edu/15863.htm[/QUOTE]

I attended Dakota State University ...

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I don't know if you noticed, but I put all the PPs on Google docs. You can fill out the form on the home page, and I will give you access by sending you an invitation to share the ...

Any other age 50+ here starting a coding career?

You might want to consider getting a RHIA through a certificate program. That is a program from someone who already has a degree. I think Stephens College in Missouri has that ...

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[QUOTE who="Cristina in West Chester, Ohio"]cp
Sure, I will be visiting your site. Anithing that can help to pass is greatly appreciated, for the time being I was ...

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Would you mind going to my website http://www.medicalcodingresources.com/STUDYBUDDY.html
and looking at the PowerPoint presentations under the "studybuddy" tab and ...

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Were there any questions on range, variance, standard deviation, mean, mediam, mode, etc?

Any other age 50+ here starting a coding career?

Why would you want to go back to the same school? I would look elsewhere, especially since they know you have their number. It sounds like their main job is marketing, not giving ...

Any other age 50+ here starting a coding career?

Right on! I agree tell you story to keep others from being taken by the same school.

Any other age 50+ here starting a coding career?

Right on! I agree tell you story to keep others from being taken by the same school

AHIMA vs AAPC

Razin,

Obviously, what I wrote on this site about AHIMA vs AAPC upset you. If you had bothered to read my site, it clearly states that I suggest a person looking to get ...

AHIMA vs AAPC

Razin,

For your information, I have been around people in Health Information Field for over 30 years. My mother started and taught in one of the first RHIT programs in this ...

AHIMA vs AAPC

Rain,

I beg you pardon, but that is my website, and I am not selling anything. My site is just information about coding, and I have some study material for helping RHIT ...

Any other age 50+ here starting a coding career?

[QUOTE who="jundesperate in Palm Bay, Florida"]Some additional comment to my previous post.

Please read other comments from the Letters to the Editor (Advance for ...

Any other age 50+ here starting a coding career?

[QUOTE who="Future RHIA in Olmsted Falls, Ohio"]Hi plshrk 1:

I'm sorry to hear about your company downsizing. Thank you for sharing your experience with getting ...

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[QUOTE who="Lori A in North Platte, Nebraska"]Nisha, thanks so much for the reply. Were there a lot of questions about different type of graphs (spider, pie, bar, etc ...

need advice please - RHIT exam

[QUOTE who="Lori A in North Platte, Nebraska"]Nisha, thanks so much for the reply. Were there a lot of questions about different type of graphs (spider, pie, bar, etc ...

need advice please - RHIT exam

My study buddy and I put together a few powerpoints, and I posted them on my website. I put up the site for students to help students. I have powerpoints on organizining and ...

AHIMA vs AAPC

[QUOTE who="Ann in Sumter, South Carolina"]I have 2 years experience as an auditor in a local hospital. I would like to get certified as a medical coder. Which ...

AHIMA vs AAPC

You do not get an apprentice credential with the CCS, but AHIMA does recommend that you work as a coder for several years before you take it. I do know of people who have passed ...

AHIMA vs AAPC

The membership fees for AAPC are cheaper, and generally the education paths are shorter, some as short as 16 weeks, and that may be the major attraction, but I don’t think a ...

AHIMA vs AAPC

I approached the subject of AAPC vs. AHIMA by doing research. I went on the AAPC website, and I was shocked to find that their instructor lead courses can be offered by ...

Any other age 50+ here starting a coding career?

I think it may depend on where you live. Do you want to code in a hospital or in a doctor's office? I just finished my A.S. in Health Information Technology, and I am working on my ...

Any other age 50+ here starting a coding career?

Who is emailing her? Or did she just click to get an email when a reply post? She does not belong on this site anyway. Just in case you check this site again, comments like ...

Any other age 50+ here starting a coding career?

OMG that is awful. After learning disease, that is the first thing you should have learned. Have they even taught you the coding rules? What school did you go to? What books are ...

Any other age 50+ here starting a coding career?

[QUOTE who="vanessa in Bronx, New York"]Cathy,

I imagine your frustration. If you dont want to take the RHIT, why not take the CPC or CCS. I would think the ...

Any other age 50+ here starting a coding career?

[QUOTE who="cp122578 in Meridian, Mississippi"]A hospital looking for a CPC-A and not an RHIT, RHIA, or CCS? That would be an exception because most hospitals that I know ...

Any other age 50+ here starting a coding career?

A hospital looking for a CPC-A and not an RHIT, RHIA, or CCS? That would be an exception because most hospitals that I know of and have seen on job boards are either asking just ...