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Author: C. Dunn
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When you are dealing with medical coding, there are 2 relatively distinct groups of medical coders:
1. Those who perform medical coding for clinics, physicians offices, and hospital emergency rooms. These people are most often referred to as �Outpatient Medical Coders�.
2. Those who perform medical coding in large hospitals. These people are typically referred to as �Inpatient Medical Coders�.
If you are interested in a medical coding career, it will be important to understand the difference between outpatient medical coding and inpatient medical coding.
If you have a procedure performed that forces you to be admitted to the hospital and stay overnight- this medical coding activity requires the skills of an inpatient medical coder. If you have a procedure performed on a same-day basis and are not admitted to the hospital for an overnight stay then it is considered a job for an outpatient medical coder.
Many surgeries that once required admission to the hospital are now being performed routinely on an outpatient basis � which means they go into the hospital, have surgery and come home the same day without ever being admitted to the hospital.
There is a substantial difference in the expertise level required to apply medical codes to complex inpatient operative reports vs. the skill set required to apply proper medical codes to a report for a cut or a stubbed toe in a clinic setting.
The fact is, most medical coding is outpatient medical coding. Hospitals and physicians are performing progressively more of their procedures on an outpatient basis.
The majority of entry-level medical coders are going to begin their careers by performing outpatient medical coding on outpatient medical records.
Outpatient medical coders who have been trained on the job generally rise to inpatient medical coding. This generates a plethora of opportunities for advancement in both career and income over time.
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Chris Dunn enjoys writing articles about medical coding. See also: About-Medical-Transcription.com.
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