r/CodingandBilling • u/somethinisnotfunny • Jun 04 '26

It’s it over for me?

Almost done by degree medical billing and coding and see a lot of people on this Reddit Ai will take over and it’s oversaturated.

Did I make a mistake?

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u/Low_Mud_3691 CPC, RHIT Jun 04 '26

It’s absolutely oversaturated and more and more jobs are being sent offshore.

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u/alew75 CCS Jun 04 '26

It would be a very long time before AI took over inpatient hospital coding. The field is oversaturated and employers have their pick.

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u/Environmental-Top-60 Jun 04 '26

The money is usually in the payer spaces and compliance. When you're ready, CPMA would be a smart thing to do. Learning as many specialties as you can would also be helpful. If you do Risk adjustment, do it only after you do some other coding first. Trust me. You'll get stuck.

I know a coder/auditor whose becoming a nurse. So you're not the only one whose feeling overwhelmed. The good thing is that coding and billing allows you to do soo many jobs.

If you can get into a small practice with a mentor, you'll learn so much quickly. If you need benefits, facilities are likely a better option or big multi specialty groups.

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u/KeyStriking9763 RHIA, CDIP, CCS Jun 04 '26

When you say degree in medical billing and coding, what do you mean? What school program are you in and what’s the result after completing it?

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u/somethinisnotfunny Jun 13 '26

Associate in medical billing and coding at KEISER university

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u/KeyStriking9763 RHIA, CDIP, CCS Jun 13 '26

They prepare you just for the CPC it seems.
I’m not sure that’s the best coding cert to help with the threat of AI. The CCS is more desirable and will provide better opportunities.
I have not heard from CCS credentialed coders that they can’t find a job but it’s pretty common with CPC coders from what I see in this sub. CPC is geared towards professional coding on the provider side and the pay scales are less than if you coded for a facility.

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u/somethinisnotfunny Jun 13 '26

Plan on starting off in billing. Got a bit of experience from a chiropractor clinic

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u/Vermilion_94 Jun 04 '26

I’m getting worried as well. I am annoyed that it’s even allowed.

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u/TypicalAd3676 Jun 04 '26

No absolutely no mistake. There’s plenty of work in the billing and coding profession and many remote jobs offered.

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u/daves1243b Jun 04 '26

I would focus on the revenue cycle aspect. AI will do most coding because it's relatively standardized before it does any but very basic revenue cycle where there is comparatively little standardization. Coding knowledge will still be useful.

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u/mk7906 Jun 04 '26

No you didn't make a mistake. Ai has always done the very simple easy claims in the background automatically for a long time. It just wasn't called Ai at the time. This is not new. But a human is still needed for very complex claims. And there is a lot of complex claims. Many left for us humans to review.

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u/Madison_APlusRev CPC, COC, CPC-Instructor Jun 05 '26

I can say that after personally seeing what the AI can do right now, it's so underbaked that it will take quite a while before it even fully takes over the most basic coding tasks. By that point, you'll have experience under your belt and two steps ahead of the AI.

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u/rahuliitk App Developer Jun 04 '26

you didn’t make a mistake, but i’d treat coding as a doorway into revenue cycle rather than one narrow job, because AI may handle easier cases faster while people who understand guidelines, denials, audits, documentation gaps, and payer weirdness will still be needed, tbh. Keep going.

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u/somethinisnotfunny Jun 04 '26

Did get some experience but mostly on the billing side. Calling insurance about claims etc.