Hi, I am an unemployed outpatient coder and have been looking for a job for over 8 months.  I have over 7 years of experience, however, I don't have certification.  Could this be posing a problem in the current job marked  and that is what's  keeping me from finding a position? I have a fear that if I do get ...

Does your employer have access to HIM journals such as For the Record or Advance?  There are articles that can get you CEU's.  Have you tried conferences or joined a local affiliation for medical coders?  That may help. On a different note:  I need to find study materials for the CPC.  I have been coding for 6 years in ...

I have been a coder for about 6 years at hospitals and a walk-in clinic.  I am not certified yet.  I sat for the CCS right out of a coding program and missed by 18 points.  I was unable to take it again because I needed to finish my associate degree program.  It took me 6 years to finish the degree and 2 certificate ...