medical billing and coding

[edna_noemi]

Hi everyone, i originally had joined the forum because i was in nursing school and it was fun reading everyones posts. However i think i want something different i have been a CNA for more than 5 years now and i think i am no longer interested. the idea of working in the background of things seems nice to me i just don't have the slightest of idea of what it takes to be a medical billing and coder specialist. I would like to grow in the field, is there an associates in medical billing and coding ? if anyone is in the field or has been in the field i would love to hear from you. I understand this is a nursing forum but i hope there is some one out there with the same interests... thanks for reading my post ?

[medwave]

There's a lot that goes into it and it's heavily dependent on practice(s), but you can either take classes (get a degree) or learn it on your own, as I did. I stumbled into medical billing and credentialing while working for my mother's PT practice and it just grew organically and exponentially with some fairly large behavioral health contracts. TBH, I just never looked back and taught myself everything. Meaning, you can do it, if I can do it! :-)