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Journey From a File Clerk to Rewarding Medical Coding Career By Erin Masercola Have confidence in yourself about medical coding and billing certification read, coding listserv emails, coding newsletters, and even parts of the CPT and ICD-9 manuals that most people overlook written by Elizabeth Hollingshead. You can get more tips for taking Coding Certification Exam to be an expert coder.

When Elizabeth Hollingshead took a temporary job at an ENT practice as a file clerk, it was something flexible to do. At the same time she continued her search for a full-time job. But what she didn't realized was that she had taken the first step toward a rewarding career.

At present, she's the billing and coding manager for a very busy urology physician. Here she shares some of her tips for advancing in a medical coding career.Advantage being a working mom: Hollingshead found time to share her ideas with us the week she was taking after her two kids return home with H1N1 flu. She likes being in a career community where folks share their tips readily.

Hollingshead says that she plunged into the coding and billing world quite by chance. She was the front office supervisor within a month of joining in as a file clerk "A couple of months later a position opened up in the billing department, and they asked me if I'd like to try it." Read further to get a few certification exam taking tips from her...

Hollingshead remembers, "It just clicked. I had found more than a job; I had a career now." She says coding is like a "mystery" and she analyzed the clues in coding reference sources and op reports to figure out the right answer.Next Portion Article Source