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Do employers recognize the Practicode as the equivalent of actual experience in the hiring process? I am asking this because I have the CPC-A and wanting to know if it is worth continuing the Practicode to remove the Apprentice or just go into entry level with the Apprentice because employers would not see Practicode as actual experience.
 
I do not know of any hiring manager that considers Practicode the equivalent of real world experience. I personally consider it additional training/education. Practicode may help you stand out from other CPC-As, but if a job requires 1 year of experience, Practicode will not waive that. My personal opinion would be to take any position in a medical office, hospital or healthcare system that will give you relevant real world experience, even if it's not coding experience. Insurance verification, authorizations, front desk, scheduling, registration. All those will help you get familiar with EMR systems, medical abbreviations, insurance plans, and potentially interact with coders and clinicians. To me, all that is more relevant than Practicode.
If you can find a Project Xtern site (or convince someone to create one for you), that is also an option.
 
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I do not know of any hiring manager that considers Practicode the equivalent of real world experience. I personally consider it additional training/education. Practicode may help you stand out from other CPC-As, but if a job requires 1 year of experience, Practicode will not waive that. My personal opinion would be to take any position in a medical office, hospital or healthcare system that will give you relevant real world experience, even if it's not coding experience. Insurance verification, authorizations, front desk, scheduling, registration. All those will help you get familiar with EMR systems, medical abbreviations, insurance plans, and potentially interact with coders and clinicians. To me, all that is more relevant than Practicode.
If you can find a Project Xtern site (or convince someone to create one for you), that is also an option.
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Thank you!! I really appreciate the information that you provided!
 
As a hiring manger who hired CPC-As when I led a team of coders, I can tell you that I did not consider practicode. In fact, the less coding experience you had, the better I liked it. That way there were no issues with poor training that I had to fix.
 
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