Good afternoon,
I currently hold my CRC and CPC-A certifications, soon to be dropping the "A". I am wondering what certification to sit for next. I have interest in either the CIC, CPMA, or the CDEO. Currently, I work for my local hospital as an ACO Risk Adjustment Clinical Coder doing some provider education. The bulk of what I do is filling out forms and auditing patient documents to make sure the codes are there. I really would like to grow as a coder and I feel that I need to do more than forms on a day in, day out basis.
I do like finding "holes" in the documentation and am wondering if CPMA or CDEO would be better suited for me. I have been doing some research on each credential I mentioned above. I will be honest and say I do not know how easy it would be to get the required 16 specialty CEUs for either the CPMA or the CDEO and that part seems a bit daunting.
Thank you for any and all advice you can give.
I currently hold my CRC and CPC-A certifications, soon to be dropping the "A". I am wondering what certification to sit for next. I have interest in either the CIC, CPMA, or the CDEO. Currently, I work for my local hospital as an ACO Risk Adjustment Clinical Coder doing some provider education. The bulk of what I do is filling out forms and auditing patient documents to make sure the codes are there. I really would like to grow as a coder and I feel that I need to do more than forms on a day in, day out basis.
I do like finding "holes" in the documentation and am wondering if CPMA or CDEO would be better suited for me. I have been doing some research on each credential I mentioned above. I will be honest and say I do not know how easy it would be to get the required 16 specialty CEUs for either the CPMA or the CDEO and that part seems a bit daunting.
Thank you for any and all advice you can give.
