After Graduating from a Community College, You Obtain a Job

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Essay

After graduating from a community college, you obtain a job as a medical records technician. Your monthly take-home salary is $2,000. Your monthly expenses are $1,600. Based on this information, what steps should you take to establish a long-term investment program?

Grasp and apply the general rules of coding, including sequencing, specificity, and the use of indexes and tables.

Understand the concepts of medical necessity, upcoding, downcoding, and their implications in medical coding and billing.

Be familiar with the tools and appendices within the CPT manual, including modifiers, and how they support accurate coding.

Distinguish between key components and contributory factors in decision-making related to coding.

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