Average Income and Benefits. Certified medical coders earned average annual incomes of $25,920, according to the BLS. The lowest 10 percent made less than $21,680 per year. Eighty-five percent of these workers are employed full time, according to the BLS.
At about 18 to 20 weeks, it is possible to hear a baby's heartbeat with a stethoscope, states Health & Parenting. Typically a doctor uses a heart rate Doppler to listen to a fetal heartbeat, which can be heard much earlier than with the use of a stethoscope. Continue Reading.
As a general rule, 5.5 to 6.5 weeks is the earliest time that your doctor will be able to detect a fetal heart beat by trans-vaginal ultrasound. In other words, about six weeks is the earliest stage where you can hear your tiny babyâs heartbeat with an ultrasound. At that early phase, your babyâs heart rate should be about 100 beats per minute.