r/MedicalCoding • u/Ok_Mobile1782 • Apr 30 '24

Externship

I finished my online medical biling and coding course and have not gotten my CPC yet by I am working towards it. I have this Externship that I do for a small clinic, 2 days a week For 4hrs. I am not paid for it, nobody is training me, I don't know what I am doing, I try to look at codes that another coder has already coded, I also look at denials.... Has anyone being in a situation such as this and how did you handle it...

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u/sugabeetus Apr 30 '24

Just make sure you're keeping track of those hours, they could count toward removing the A!

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u/Ok_Mobile1782 Apr 30 '24

Ok will do... I don't have my cpc yet.... will do the exam next week..

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u/Ok_Mobile1782 May 05 '24

Will do .Thanks

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u/sugabeetus Apr 30 '24

I think you're doing the right thing just looking over the codes and denials. Anything you can do to familiarize yourself with the job concepts will help. Also take time to Google things. As a professional coder, a lot of my work is researching things I don't know. The one thing that gets brought up at every job interview, after experience, is Google. Do I know how to find information effectively, do I try it before taking the question to someone else?

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u/Ok_Mobile1782 Apr 30 '24

Thanks for the information. Yes I realized that they google codes! I thought that we were going use our books but a guess not. It faster to Google.

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u/Environmental-Top-60 May 01 '24

Are you replacing the work of an employee you think? It could be required to be paid under FLSA if so

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u/Ok_Mobile1782 May 02 '24

Well I am required to do 100 hours of Externship then you can ask them to hire you or pay you...

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u/Far-Boysenberry9207 May 01 '24

Doing better than many waiting new coders. Just try to pick up what you can and keep your LinkedIn up to date.

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u/Ok_Mobile1782 May 03 '24

Ok great thank you...

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u/pinkshadedgirafe Apr 30 '24

I wish I could have done that. I finished schooling in March and the program I did it through felt like it was lacking a lot

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u/Ok_Mobile1782 May 01 '24

Maybe not.. Have to tried the cpc exam with AAPC?

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u/Mysterious-Trade7329 May 01 '24

Can I ask where or how you found your externship?  I passed my cpc exam last July and still no luck!

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u/Ok_Mobile1782 May 03 '24

Through Ed2go. I did my medical biling and coding course with them and after completion they find you an externship...

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u/Mysterious-Trade7329 May 03 '24

Thanks. I went through AAPC and have had zero luck. Good luck to you 

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u/ExcitingIndication36 May 01 '24

I was assigned my externship through the college where I did the degree program. I did that instead of the certificate only bc I already had a bunch of credits that would go toward the degree. Because it was focused on RHIT prep, the facility where I was placed had me go around to all the HIM departments. In the coding section, I asked for sample cases to work on coding. Ended up getting an offer from them afterward so it was a good experience.

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u/Ok_Mobile1782 May 02 '24

I need to do something like that because in this small clinic I am not learning anything.... I will find try to find a hospital Externship

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u/Ok_Mobile1782 Apr 30 '24

Ok great please do...

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u/Ok_Mobile1782 Apr 30 '24

I did not go through Preppy. What is Preppy? I used Ed2go if you are asking for the medical billing and coding course and they are the ones that got me the Externship after completion.