{"id":124511,"date":"2020-05-07T22:09:43","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T02:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7c5b5745f1.nxcli.io\/?p=124511"},"modified":"2023-10-02T17:18:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T21:18:38","slug":"physician-professional-coder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wioapartners-dev.solmapp.net\/physician-professional-coder\/","title":{"rendered":"Physician Professional Coder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wioapartners-dev.solmapp.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/medical-charts_t20_EOWvZ4-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-124512\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-medium-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>See related jobs available now:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indeed.com\/jobs?q=Physician%20Professional%20Coder&amp;l=Aberdeen%2C%20MD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Indeed<\/a> Job Listings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=jobs+Physician+Professional+Coder+Aberdeen,+MD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google<\/a> Job Listings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What does <\/strong>a Physician Professional Coder<strong> do?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A physician professional coder assigns the correct universal medical alphanumeric code to describe the type of service a patient will receive in a hospital or healthcare facility. They help ensure the codes are applied correctly during the medical billing process, which includes removing the information from documentation, assigning the appropriate codes, and creating a claim to be paid by insurance carriers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What do I need to get <\/strong>a Physician Professional Coder<strong> job?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This&nbsp;program prepares students&nbsp;to sit for the Certified Professional Coder (CPC) certification exam through the American Association of Professional Coders (AAPC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cecil.edu\/programs-courses\/career-community-education\/workforce-training\/healthcare-careers\/physician-professional-coder\" target=\"_blank\">Cecil College<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harford.edu\/academics\/programs-courses\/health-information-technology.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Harford CC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is the median salary of a Physician Professional Coder?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onetonline.org\/link\/localwages\/29-2072.00?st=MD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.onetonline.org\/link\/localwages\/29-2072.00?st=MD<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Where can I go from here?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wioapartners-dev.solmapp.net\/health-information-technologist\/\">Health Information Technologist<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A physician professional coder assigns the correct universal medical alphanumeric code to describe the type of service a patient will receive in a hospital or healthcare facility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":124512,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,17,23],"tags":[],"post_series":[29],"class_list":["post-124511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-healthcare","category-mid-level","category-zone-1","post_series-healthcare-careers","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wioapartners-dev.solmapp.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wioapartners-dev.solmapp.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wioapartners-dev.solmapp.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wioapartners-dev.solmapp.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wioapartners-dev.solmapp.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124511"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/wioapartners-dev.solmapp.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148052,"href":"https:\/\/wioapartners-dev.solmapp.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124511\/revisions\/148052"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wioapartners-dev.solmapp.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wioapartners-dev.solmapp.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wioapartners-dev.solmapp.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wioapartners-dev.solmapp.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124511"},{"taxonomy":"post_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wioapartners-dev.solmapp.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_series?post=124511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}