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Medical Coding - Use it or Lose it. From an online viewer: what are some good tools and
exercises to use to keep coding fresh for one for one that is in search of a coding
job? Otherwise if you don't use it you lose it motto comes to play. So I'm going to let
Alicia give the answer on this one.
Well like I put here... I know I keep mentioning local chapter meetings but it really is one
of the best ways to network with coders.
The chapters get in touch with each other. We are in St Angelo and the Averleen chapter
will send us an email and say "Hey, we are going to have a lecture with 60 CEUs, come
up next Saturday... well that means if you go and you meet those people up there that
just broadens your range to get a job- or say somebody is up there someone mentioned
on the questions- that she is interested in cardiology coding, there may be a cardiology
coder up there and you can pick her brain or become friends .
But that is probably the best way to stay on top of using your coding and staying fresh
as you had said.
The coding Edge Magazine when you become a member of the AAPC- immediately before you
probably even get the rest of your information- you start getting this magazine and if you
read that magazine you can go to the links, the links are posted, read the magazine, answer
the questions that they give you, the answers are in the magazine and you get a free CEU
for that. So that will keep you fresh.
AAPC has a networking blog you can use that.
You can use the blog the CCO question and answers.
Laureen: our facebook page) I was just gonna say the facebook page and YouTube. I only
discovered YouTube a couple of years ago but its so addictive. You can find anything on
there. Laureen has got a bunch of videos. So little clips from this webinar will probably
be up there pretty quick.
So definitely go in and look at coding certifications, once you type it in on YouTube and subscribe
to that then you can get a little ping every time a new video is put out thats an excellent
way to stay fresh.
One of the things that our students do is I have them code scenearios and have them
code a day in their life. There are some really funny codes out there, you can have some fun
with these codes.
Watch the tv channels. I really like that ER show where they show the weird things that
come in with things stuck in their ears and stuff- well code it, and when think something
or you see something funny think: there's a code for that!
Alright, thank you.
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