I just made my lowest grade ever :(

[Rcourt64]

Originally Posted by Peaches

Here are some I got wrong on the most recent test:

Diabetic retinopathy, type II, controlled.
My answer: 250.5, 362.03
Correct answer: 250.50, 362.01

Palpitations due to overdose of monoamine oxidase.
My answer: 785.1, 969.0
Correct answer: 969.0, 785.1, E854.0

So the nurse tells us "Actually, the insurance companies would have been fine with those answers.". Yeah, but the insurance company isn't grading me

"MAS151 - Medical coding." ??? what the final destination of your schooling?
nurse? parametic? medical assistant? medical issurance ajuster submiter?
I kinda never got the beginning of this story Peaches?

[Peaches]

Originally Posted by Rcourt64

"MAS151 - Medical coding." ??? what the final destination of your schooling?
nurse? parametic? medical assistant? medical issurance ajuster submiter?
I kinda never got the beginning of this story Peaches?

Yep, medical coding. I have MAS152 and 153 to take next semester, then hopefully get a job at a coding factoring a guy a few towns away has set up, then hopefully get him to invest with me in opening one up here where I live or be able to do it from home.

Or I might end up saying "screw this" and take computer programming classes

[Rcourt64]

Originally Posted by Peaches

Yep, medical coding. I have MAS152 and 153 to take next semester, then hopefully get a job at a coding factoring a guy a few towns away has set up, then hopefully get him to invest with me in opening one up here where I live or be able to do it from home.

Or I might end up saying "screw this" and take computer programming classes

ok I'm assuming once you graduate, you'll begin working somewhere & have access to reference books for this information, So basicly they're making you memorize this codeing just for an exam? And you got a 48. from an average of most that was a 49.? with top grade being a 104 points, and considering how the rest of the class did. I think you did an great job.

Now if you had to memorize this and always retain it, without help books then I'd say maybe something different. but I see your doing just fine, "like the rest"


P.S. these medical disc? who makes them?

[Peaches]

Originally Posted by Rcourt64

ok I'm assuming once you graduate, you'll begin working somewhere & have access to reference books for this information, So basicly they're making you memorize this codeing just for an exam? And you got a 48. from an average of most that was a 49.? with top grade being a 104 points, and considering how the rest of the class did. I think you did an great job.

Now if you had to memorize this and always retain it, without help books then I'd say maybe something different. but I see your doing just fine, "like the rest"

Nooooo - it would be impossible to memorize it. Seriously this book is 2 inches think with thin papers and teeny tiny writing. It's a TON of stuff in there. You get to use the book during the tests.

I talked to a girl about it 2 semesters ago. She said she'd always been an A student and she was making a C in the class, so I don't feel too bad.

In reality, the insurance companies and doctor offices are much more lenient than the school, but obviously the school has to grade on what's literally "correct".

[Peaches]

Google shows there are a quite a few companies that make the disks. I guess they are teaching us how to fish instead of giving us a fish by making us learn by the book

[Rcourt64]

Originally Posted by Peaches

Nooooo - it would be impossible to memorize it. Seriously this book is 2 inches think with thin papers and teeny tiny writing. It's a TON of stuff in there. You get to use the book during the tests.

I talked to a girl about it 2 semesters ago. She said she'd always been an A student and she was making a C in the class, so I don't feel too bad.

In reality, the insurance companies and doctor offices are much more lenient than the school, but obviously the school has to grade on what's literally "correct".

Ok well then your fine.

Now the disc? I mean can't you burn those puppies from another student for like maybe half price? or maybe hook them up with a bunch of free porn? LOL
J/k,
But if you feel the disc are to expensive, I remember in school, I would trade with other students books & stuff for like a quarter of the price?

Just an idea peaches.

[Peaches]

Originally Posted by Rcourt64

Ok well then your fine.

Now the disc? I mean can't you burn those puppies from another student for like maybe half price? or maybe hook them up with a bunch of free porn? LOL
J/k,
But if you feel the disc are to expensive, I remember in school, I would trade with other students books & stuff for like a quarter of the price?

Just an idea peaches.

Oh, no, the disks aren't available for us to use in class. And all our coding MUST be done from the book. Like I said, I guess they just figure they'll teach us the hardest way, lol.

I'd buy the disk in a nanosecond if it was allowed. Hell, there was an $80 book I had to use for another class that we could use in the library for free. But I had to go up there 5 or 6 times. It's 50 miles each way so I figured with gas and time, I'd just order the book from Amazon and do it at home

[Rcourt64]

sounds like you'll be fine then, don't sweat it so hard.

OH SHIT? pop quiz?
"whats the coding for an enzyme in cell tissue that breaks down monoamines ?"

waiting here? LOL